Ustaz Attacked While Lectured In Front Of Women At The Batam City Mosque, PKS Asks Police To Completely Investigate The Perpetrator's Motives

RIAU - Police officers must thoroughly investigate the case of an attack by a man with the initials H against Ustaz Abu Syahid Chaniago at Baitussyakur Mosque, Batam City.

This was conveyed by a member of Commission IV DPRD Riau Islands Province, Wahyu Wahyudin. "It must be investigated thoroughly, what is the motive. I am sure the perpetrator is not crazy because from the circulating photos he appeared to be playing with a cellphone just before being questioned at the police station," Wahyudin said in Tanjungpinang, Antara, Monday, September 27.

He strongly condemned the criminalization of ulama because it has the potential to cause fear among ustaz to give lectures in mosques. This PKS legislator invites all community leaders and scholars to participate in guarding law enforcement over the attack case.

In addition, Wahyudin advised the Riau Islands Province Mosque Prosperity Council (DKM) to tighten supervision of religious activities, especially in large mosques which usually carry out routine agendas of recitations and religious lectures.

"There must be a security guard or security guard at the mosque. It will be found out later if there are suspicious people's movements around the mosque," he said.

He hopes that the local government or DKM will install CCTV equipment in mosques so that all activities inside and outside the mosque can be monitored.

According to him, this facilitates the performance of the security forces in conducting investigations in the event of a criminal act in the mosque environment.

"We hope that attacks on clerics will not happen again in Riau Islands Province," Wahyudin said.

It was previously reported that Ustaz Abu Syahid Chaniago was suddenly attacked by perpetrator H while he was giving a lecture in front of women, last Monday, September 20.

The attack was caught on video by a member of the congregation and later went viral on social media pages. In the amateur video, it is clear that the perpetrator directed a punch at Ustaz Abu Syahid Chaniago.

Perpetrator H is still being held at the Barelang Batam Police Station and is reported to have been named a suspect by the police investigation team.