Allegedly Defaming, Hotman Paris Reported To Police
Hotman Paris/PHOTO via personal Instagram

JAKARTA - Lawyer Hotman Paris Hutapea was reported to the East Jakarta Metro Police on suspicion of defamation on Thursday, June 16, yesterday. Hotman was reported by a lawyer named Andar M Situmorang.

The report also mentioned two witnesses from the reporter, namely Leo Situmorang and Razman Nasution.

The report was received by the East Jakarta Police with registration number LP/B/1314/VI/2022/POLRES JAKARTA TIMUR/POLDA METRO JAYA.

Head of the East Jakarta Police Criminal Investigation Unit AKBP Ahsanul Muqaffi confirmed that his party had received the report.

"Just received his LP," said Muqaffi to reporters, Friday, June 17.

Muqaffi said that his staff would study the report.

The complainant ensnared Hotman Paris with Article 27 paragraph 3 in conjunction with Article 45 paragraph 3 of the Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 19 of 2016 concerning amendments to the Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 11 of 2008 concerning Electronic Transaction Information (ITE).

In his report, Andar M Situmorang said that Hotman Paris accused him of using a fake diploma.

"The reported party (Hotman) stated through his Instagram account that the complainant was sentenced to a verdict from the East Jakarta District Court and the Supreme Court using a fake Jayabaya University diploma," the report reads.


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