Jakarta, Sept. 1 -- The National Police's Professional and Security Division (Propam) has denied a circulating rumour saying that the seven Brimob personnel involved in the death of motorcycle taxi driver, Affan Kurniawan, were inmates serving as body doubles.

"We took actions based on the facts, and these seven personnel are members of the National Police's Mobile Brigade," the Head of the Professional Supervision and Development Bureau of the National Police, Brigadier General Agus Wijayanto, informed in a press conference on Monday.

He made this statement in response to social media posts suspecting that the Brimob personnel involved in the death of Affan Kurniawan, shown to the public, were body doubles.

The seven Brimob personnel ...