Indonesia police apologise for using snake to extract confession

A rather... unusual... police tactic!

According to reports, the Indonesian police have apologized for using a snake to extract a confession from a suspect. The incident occurred in the city of Bandung, West Java, where a police officer allegedly used a snake to intimidate a suspect into confessing to a crime.

The suspect, a 25-year-old man, was arrested on suspicion of theft and was being interrogated by police when the officer brought in a snake and placed it on the suspect's lap. The officer claimed that the snake was meant to "calm" the suspect, but the suspect's family and human rights groups have condemned the tactic as inhumane and illegal.

The police have since apologized for the incident and launched an investigation into the matter. The officer involved has been suspended pending the outcome of the investigation.

This incident highlights the importance of ensuring that police interrogation techniques are humane and respectful of human rights. The use of intimidation or coercion, including the use of animals, is never an acceptable way to extract a confession and can lead to false confessions and other miscarriages of justice.

It's worth noting that this is not the first time that Indonesian police have been accused of using unusual or inhumane tactics to extract confessions. In 2019, a police officer was suspended for using a stun gun on a suspect during an interrogation.