When Rizieq Shihab Claimed To Be Healthy And Refused The COVID-19 Swab Test

FPI Grand Imam Rizieq Shihab while holding the Prophet Muhammad SAW's birthday event at Petamburan (Capture the YouTube channel Front TV screen)

JAKARTA - DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan officially signed the DKI Regional Regulation Number 2 of 2020 concerning the prevention of COVID-19. In Perda 2/2020, there are a number of sanctions, one of which provides a fine of IDR 5 million for residents of DKI who refuse the COVID-19 test.

Saturday night, November 21, Satpol PP DKI, Tanah Abang Police, and TNI officers visited the residence of FPI leader Muhammad Rizieq Shihab to ask for the willingness to carry out a COVID-19 swab test.

Unfortunately, the request was not met. Rizieq refused to be tested. In fact, Rizieq was one of the actors in the crowd at various events he attended.

Said Secretary of DPP FPI legal aid, Aziz Yanuar, Rizieq is in good health. That is why Rizieq feels that the government does not need to deal with the potential for transmission of the corona virus to him.

"The police came to Petamburan to ask about HRS's condition, they answered that they were healthy. He was perfectly healthy, fit. For swab and others, we have a team from HILMI and MER-C, so the government does not need to bother and give priority to HRS and FPI," said Aziz, Sunday, November 22.

If it is based on Perda 2/2020, Rizieq will face sanctions. Article 29 states that every person who deliberately refuses to take RT-PCR or Molecular Rapid Test and / or support examinations conducted by the DKI Provincial Government will be punished with a maximum fine of Rp. 5 million.

According to the Secretary of Commission E for the People's Welfare of the DKI DPRD, Jhonny Simanjuntak, the DKI Provincial Government has to apply the Rp. 5 million fine to Rizieq.

"With the enactment of the Covid-19 Regional Regulation (Perda 2/2020) tomorrow, the DKI Provincial Government should already have to impose a fine on him (Rizieq)," Jhonny told VOI, Monday, November 23.

Jhonny said, DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan must be at the forefront in providing education to PSBB violators. This is intended to maintain the trust of the public.

"The COVID-19 regional regulation must be enforced, so that the DKI provincial government does not selectively choose. He (Anies) must be firm in showing it because this concerns rules that must be enforced together," he said.

Meanwhile, VOI has tried to contact the Head of the Disease Prevention and Control (P2P) Division of the DKI Health Service, Dwi Oktavia Handayani, to confirm the certainty of the imposition of fines to PSBB violators according to Perda 2/2020. However, until now he has not responded.