Rizieq Shihab Charged With Inciting A Crowd In Petamburan

JAKARTA - Rizieq Shihab was charged with incitement to the appearance of a crowd at his daughter's wedding as well as the commemoration of the Prophet's birthday in Petamburan, Central Jakarta. This crowd takes place in the midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic.

"Doing, who orders to do and who participates in doing actions in public orally or in writing incites to commit a criminal act of health quarantine as referred to in Article 93 of Law Number 6 of 2018 concerning Health Canteen, committing violence against public authorities or disobeying both the provisions of the Law and The office order is given based on the provisions of the law, ”said the prosecutor reading the indictment letter at the East Jakarta District Court, Friday, March 19.

According to prosecutors, Rizieq Shihab and Haris Ubaidillah, Ahmad Sabri Lubis, Ali Alwi Alatas, Idrus alias Idrus Al Habsyi and Maman Suryadi, incited incitement to the emergence of a crowd in Petamburan.

In the indictment, the prosecutor explained that Rizieq Shihab had planned to return to Indonesia to marry his daughter Syarifah Najwa Shibab. This plan was followed up with the formation of a committee, namely Ahmad Sabri Lubis, Ali Alwi Alatas, Haris Ubaidillah.

Preparations were made by renting tents and all the necessities for the commemoration of the Prophet's birthday and the wedding of Rizieq's daughter, Syarifah Najwa Shihab, including paying a down payment for the tent and repayment on November 16, 2020. The committee also prepared a letter requesting permission to the Central Jakarta Sub-dept.

According to the prosecutor, the incitement occurred when Rizieq Shihab attended the Prophet's birthday in Tebet on November 13, 2020. At this event, Rizieq Shihab openly conveyed his daughter's wedding invitation and the commemoration of the Prophet's birthday in Petamburan.

"Everyone here, God willing, tomorrow night at Petamburan we will hold a memorial for the birthday of the Prophet, brothers and sisters, at the same time I invite all the habaib because we will also marry our fourth daughter. Ready to attend? " the prosecutor quoted Rizieq Shihab as saying in the indictment.

There is also notification of activities via video on YouTube uploaded by Haris Ubaidillah.

"The incitement of Haris Ubaidillah and the defendant conveyed to the public via Youtube is against the government's efforts to reduce the crowd so that the spread of COVID-19 does not arise," said the prosecutor.

The activities of the Prophet's birthday and the wedding of Rizieq Shihab's daughter on November 14, 2020 were carried out.

The prosecutor revealed that there was a notification letter from the Mayor of Central Jakarta at that time, Bayu Meghantara, requesting that activities apply health protocols, limiting participants to no more than 50 percent of the capacity of the activity location, providing facilities for prevention of COVID-19 including body temperature checks for attendees. There was also an appeal from the police regarding Rizieq Shihab's activities.

"However, the defendant and the committee of these activities ignored the notification of the Central Jakarta mayor, did not heed the appeal of the Central Jakarta Police Chief," said the prosecutor.

Rizieq Shihab was charged with Article 160 of the Criminal Code in conjunction with Article 93 of Law Number 6 of 2018 concerning Health Quarantine in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph 1 to 1 of the Criminal Code and or Article 82 paragraph 1 in conjunction with Article 59 paragraph 3 letters c and d Law Number 16 of 2017 concerning Community Organization jo Article 55 paragraph 1 to 1 KUHP jo Article 10 letter b KUHP jo Article 35 paragraph 1 KUHP.