The Turmoil Of Feelings And Hearts And The Backbone Of The Family Is The Reason Ferdinand Hutahaean Will Propose A Suspension Of Detention

JAKARTA - Ferdinand Hutahean has officially been named a suspect and detained on a case of alleged hate speech. However, his legal team will apply for a suspension of detention.

"The legal efforts that will be taken, first is a request for a suspension of detention," said Ferdinand Hutahaean's attorney, Zakir Rasyidin, to reporters on Tuesday, January 11.

The reason behind the application for the suspension was because Ferdinand had a history of illness. Where, the disease of the former Democrat politician is a turmoil of thoughts and feelings.

"Because of course our client has a history of illness, so maybe we need to do a request for a suspension," said Zakir.

However, when asked about the statement from the National Police which stated that Ferdinand was in good health and so it was decided to be detained, Zakir was reluctant to comment further.

He only emphasized that the application for a suspension of detention was the right of the suspect. So they will use this right.

"One of them, we saw that there were complaints earlier in the day, of course that was also our reason," he said. continued Zakir.

Ferdinand Hutahaean was named a suspect in a case of alleged hate speech with SARA nuances. In this case, Ferdinand Hutahaean was sentenced to 10 years in prison.

Ferdinand Hutahaean was charged with multiple layers of articles, namely, Article 14 paragraph 1 and 2 of the criminal law regulation of Law number 1 of 1946 and then Article 45 paragraph (2) in conjunction with Article 28 paragraph (2) of the ITE Law.