Habib Rizieq Returns, Now On Trial

JAKARTA - The East Jakarta District Court will hold Rizieq Shihab's first trial on Wednesday, March 16. This trial was related to the alleged violation of the health protocol in the form of a crowd in Petamburan, West Jakarta on November 14, 2020.

At that time, Rizieq held the wedding of his daughter, Shafira Najwa Shihab. Approximately 10,000 people attended the 'luxury' reception. How was Rizieq's journey to become a suspect? The following is a summary of the VOI Editor.

Rizieq Shihab arrived at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport after 3 years since 2017 and then settled in Saudi Arabia. At that time, Rizieq was linked with allegations of nasty chat and insulting Pancasila. Airport activity was paralyzed due to a sea of masses at the airport.

Rizieq gave a lecture at the Sharia Headquarters of the Alam Agrokultural Islamic Boarding School, Megamendung, Bogor Regency, West Java. Before visiting the location, Rizieq first attended the Birthday of the Prophet Muhammad SAW in Tebet, South Jakarta.

From Bogor, Rizieq then held a wedding for his daughter, Shafira Najwa Shihab. Guests spill out on the streets without enforcing strict health protocols. In fact, Jakarta at that time was imposing transitional Large-Scale Social Restrictions (PSBB).

Rizieq escaped from the UMMI Bogor Hospital (RS) through the back door after being treated since last November 25. President Director of Bogor UMMI Hospital Andi Tata said, Rizieq was just exhausted so he had to be treated.

Rizeiq also passed the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test or swab test. For this reason, the Bogor City Government reported the UMMI Hospital to the Police. As a place of reference for COVID, UMMI Hospital does not undergo procedural procedures.

The National Police Headquarters announced Rizieq Shihab's new status as a crowd suspect in Petamburan. Apart from Rizieq, the National Police also brought in 5 other names, such as Haris Ubaidillah, the head of the event committee, A, the committee secretary, the person in charge of security MS, the person in charge for the SL and HI events as the program section as suspects.

The National Police conducted a case against the Rizieq Shihab crowd in Megamendung, Bogor, West Java. A week later, on December 26 to be precise, Rizieq's status was announced as a suspect.

Rizieq Shihab was named a suspect in the case at the Bogor Ummi Hospital. Apart from Rizieq, the National Police named 2 other people as suspects, namely

Andi Tatat (President Director of Bogor Ummi Hospital), and Hanif Alatas (Rizieq Shihab's family party).

The judge rejected the pretrial lawsuit filed by Rizieq's party regarding the status of the suspect in the Petamburan crowd. According to the judge, Akhmad Sahyuti, all the series of investigations by the National Police on the case were in accordance with procedures and were valid. "To try, reject the pretrial petition from the petitioner in its entirety," said Sahyuti when reading the verdict at the South Jakarta District Court.

The pretrial was filed on December 15, 2020. The attorney sued the determination of the suspect Rizieq who was charged with Article 216 of the Criminal Code in the case of a crowd during his daughter's wedding, and the Prophet's birthday on November 14, 2020 and the element of deliberation in Article 160 of the Criminal Code.

In the second pretrial, Rizieq's team sued Rizieq's arrest because he did not have a legal basis as stipulated in the Chief of Police Regulation Number 6 concerning Criminal Investigation. The pretrial lawsuit was filed on February 3 and registered under the number 11 / Pid. Pra / 2021 / PN South Jakarta.