Polished Novel Reaction Regarding The Death Of Ustaz Maaher

JAKARTA - Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) senior investigator Novel Baswedan responded to the matter of reporting himself to Bareskrim Polri. Novel considered the reporting to be strange.

The novel was polished because he questioned why Ustaz Maaher At-Thuwailibi was still detained in the prison even though he was sick before he died.

"Reporting is strange. What I convey is a form of concern for humanity," Novel told reporters, Friday, February 12.

Novel felt that he had never heard of a hate speech prisoner, like Maaher, who died in custody.

"So this is a problem. It is not natural to detain a sick person. It is precisely when such an important statement is reported that it is strange," he said.

For information, the questioned Novel Baswedan tweeted because he said that the authorities should not go too far. The post was uploaded on February 9, 2021.

"Innalillahi Wainnailaihi Rojiun Ustadz Maaher died at the Police detention center. In the case of humiliation, detention, then illness. People are sick, why are they forced to be detained? The authorities don't go too far. Especially with Ustadz. This is not trivial, you know," wrote the Novel Baswedan account @nazaqitsha. .

Deputy Chairman of the DPP Youth, Student and Student Partnership for Community Protection (PPMK) Joko Priyoski as the reporter, said this reporting was done because Novel was deemed not to have the authority to comment on this matter.

"We reported Novel Baswedan because he made a tweet on twitter which we suspected was hoax and provocation," Joko told reporters, Thursday, February 11.

In this matter, Joko reported Novel Baswedan by using Article 14, 15 of Law number 1 of 1946 and also of the ITE Law Article 45A paragraph 2 jo Article 28 paragraph 2 of Law 18 of 2016 concerning amendments to Law number 11. year 2008.