Jakarta, Jan. 26 -- Indonesia's National Police took over the probe into the case of racist remark by the People's Conscience Party (Hanura) politician Ambroncius Nababan on his social media account, allegedly directed at noted Papuan human rights defender.

"The National Police's Criminal Investigation Directorate contacted the West Papua and Papua police headquarters regarding the handling of the case," National Police spokesman Insp. Gen. Raden Prabowo Argo Yuwono told journalists in Jakarta on Monday.

Yuwono remarked that the National Police's cybercrime investigators took over the handling of the investigation into Nababan's case since they had earlier analyzed it to gain a precise understanding of the crime scene (locus delicti) an...