Complete Dossier, Ferdinan Hutahaean Submitted To The Prosecutor's Office And Immediately Undergoes Hate Speech Cases

JAKARTA - The investigation file of the suspect in the alleged hate speech case, Ferdinand Hutahaean, is declared complete, alias P21. Thus, the National Police handed over Ferdinand and the evidence to the Central Jakarta Prosecutor's Office.

"Today, January 24, 2022, at 10.00 WIB, the second stage of submission has been carried out, namely the submission of the suspect and evidence on behalf of the suspect FH from the investigators of the Cyber Criminal Investigation Directorate of the National Police to the Central Jakarta District Attorney (Kejari)," said Karo Penmas of the Public Relations Division of the Police. Brigadier General Ahmad Ramadhan told reporters, Monday, January 24.

With the delegation of this second stage, it means that Ferdinand Hutahaean will soon undergo his first trial. Where according to the rules, if the former is complete, the prosecutor has 14 working days to prepare the indictment.

The delegation of this second stage after going through a long process. In which, investigators from the Directorate of Cyber Crime (Dittipidsiber) of the Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police submitted the case file for Phase I on Tuesday, January 18, 2022.

"After the handover of stage one which was carried out on January 18, 2022 (declared complete, ed)," he said. 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.