When questioned by the Police, Pandji admitted to being asked 36 questions about Mens Rea

Pandji Pragiwaksino at the Metro Jaya Police/ Photo: IST

JAKARTA - Comedian Pandji Pragiwaksono admitted that he was asked 63 questions by the Polda Metro Jaya investigators, during a clarification examination related to the report on the stand-up comedy material themed Mens Rea, on Friday, February 6, 2026.

Pandji said that he was asked questions about personal identity, the performance, and the reports that came in.

"It started at around 10.30 am. There were 63 questions, it was just finished about 5 minutes or 10 minutes ago," Pandji told reporters, Friday, February 6, 2021.

Pandji also dismissed all accusations regarding religious blasphemy. He emphasized that he had never done anything like that.

"I am in a position where I do not feel that I am committing blasphemy. So the process went quite smoothly, the question was answered, and yes we just follow the process," said Pandji.

Meanwhile, Pandji Haris Azhar's lawyer, who has been accompanying him since this morning, said that the police also showed a video clip of the Mens Rea performance that circulated outside the Netflix platform.

According to Haris, the clarification touched on a number of materials questioned by the reporter, ranging from discussions about prayer, the analogy of choosing leaders or public officials, the granting of mining concessions to two community organizations, to materials related to West Java.

"If you look at the question that was submitted, it was about choosing leaders, choosing leaders or public officials. Then about the safar prayer on the plane, continuing from the issue of choosing leaders, Panji also conveyed his analogy," he said.

"Then also the material about what I said earlier, about granting mining permits to two organizations: Muhammadiyah and PBNU. Then also the material related to many artists who were selected as officials in West Java," he continued.

However, in the report received by investigators, the main point in question is the alleged blasphemy.

"If you go back to the report, the report is only about blasphemy," he said.

Haris added, Pandji also explained the background of the performance, including the selection of the complete title Mens Rea: Guaranteed Without Mens Rea.

The term mens rea, said Haris, was used as the common thread of the performance to describe the alleged evil intent behind the seizure and use of positions, which his client conveyed throughout the more than two hours of his performance.

"So we also clarified to the police that it's not just Mens Rea, in the poster it means we help the police with the evidence of the poster which is complete, that's about the background of choosing the Mens Rea reason, the title is Mens Rea," he added.

In this case, Haris said that Pandji was suspected of the new Criminal Code, namely Article 300 regarding blasphemy, Article 301 regarding dissemination, Article 242 regarding defamation of a certain group, and Article 243 regarding dissemination of the acts of Article 242.

"So the police conveyed the four articles that were tried to be clarified to Pandji. Those are articles from the new Criminal Code. That's about it," he concluded.