Police used snake to terrorise suspect

INDONESIA: Police have acknowledged officers terrorised a Papuan man with a live snake after a video of the incident circulated online.

Police in Indonesia’s easternmost Papua region apologised but also attempted to justify the officers’ actions by saying the snake was not venomous and that they had not resorted to beating the man, who was suspected of theft. Human rights lawyer Veronica Koman said the interrogation methods were torture.