Rizieq Shihab Rejects Online Session: Don't Joke, Don't Soap Operas

JAKARTA - Rizieq Shihab rejects the online trial. Rizieq still wants the offline trial to be presented at the East Jakarta District Court.

The tension occurred when Rizieq Shihab was picked up by a team of prosecutors at the Police Criminal Investigation Detention Center, Friday, March 19. Rizieq Shihab then questioned the officer who videotaped Rizieq Shihab's conversation.

"What is this tape?" said Rizieq Shihab.

"Make documentation," replied the officer.

"I did not attend the online trial. My online trial is not ready. My rights are protected by law, ”said Rizieq Shihab.

Tensions continued over today's trial. Rizieq questioned the recorded video.

"Don't joke, don't soap operas," said Rizieq Shihab.

Today Rizieq Shihab's trial was continued with an agenda for reading the pending indictment.

"Stay (offline trial, red) or please have a trial with chairs, tables and walls," Rizieq Shihab's lawyer, Aziz Yanuar, told VOI, Thursday, March 18.

Rizieq Shihab was charged in two cases. First the Petamburan crowd case, then the lie in the swab test results at the Bogor UMMI Hospital.