Aiman Witjaksono Files Pretrial For The Meto Police Chief Regarding The Confiscation Of Cellphones To The South Jakarta District Court

JAKARTA - Perindo Party politician, Aiman Witjaksono, officially sued the pretrial of the Metro Jaya Police Chief Inspector General Karyoto regarding the confiscation of cellphones and Instagram accounts to the South Jakarta District Court.

The confiscation is a step by investigators in handling cases of alleged spreading of fake news or hoaxes about 'not neutral police'.

"We are attorneys from Mas Aiman Witjaksono, the attorney from TPN Ganjar-Mahfud today submitted a pretrial application at the South Jakarta District Court," said Deputy for Law at TPN Ganjar-Mahfud, Ifdal Kasim to reporters, Tuesday, February 6.

The lawsuit is registered with case number 25/pid.pra/2024/PN.JKT.SEL.

Meanwhile, the Head of the Aiman Legal Team, Finsensius Mendrofa, said that in the pretrial case, not only the Metro Jaya Police Chief was the respondent.

However, there are two other defendants, namely the Dirkrimsus Polda Metro Kombes Ade Safri Simanjuntak and investigators.

In the pretrial lawsuit, there are several things that are the object of the petition. One of them is regarding the letter of determination of confiscation from the court.

"The procedural error of the investigator who confiscated Aiman's belongings was not in accordance with the confiscation order," said Finsensius.

For information, Aiman had complained to the Press Council, Kompolnas, and the Indonesian Ombudsman. The spokesman for the Ganjar-Mahfud TPN asked for protection after his cellphone was confiscated by Polda Metro Jaya investigators.

Most recently, Aiman complained about investigators from Polda Metro Jaya, including Kombes Ade Safri Simanjuntak as Director of Special Criminal Investigation to Propam Polri.