Joseph Suryadi Becomes Suspect In Blasphemy Case

Head of Public Relations of Polda Metro Jaya Kombes E. Zulpan/PHOTO: Rizky Adytia-VOI

JAKARTA - The police have named Joseph Suryadi as a suspect in the alleged blasphemy case. The determination of the suspect is based on the results of the case title and sufficient evidence.

"Determining the suspect who made the post on behalf of Joseph Suryadi," said the Head of Public Relations of the Polda Metro Jaya Kombes E. Zulpan to reporters, December 15.

Some of the evidence in the process of determining the suspect included a bundle of screenshots of conversations or uploads on social media, flash drives, ID cards and cellphones.

Not only was he named a suspect, Joseph Suryadi was also detained today. Detention is carried out after the investigator issues a warrant.

"As of today, the person concerned has been detained at the Polda Metro Jaya. Then of course this case will continue to the next stage," said Zulpan.

With this determination, Joseph Suryadi was charged with multiple articles. Among other things, Article 27 paragraph 1 in conjunction with Article 45 paragraph 1 and/or Article 28 paragraph 1 in conjunction with Article 45 paragraph 2 of Law No. 16 of 2016 concerning amendments to Law No. 11 of 2016 concerning Information and Electronic Transactions and/or Article 156 of the Criminal Code. and or article 156 a of the Criminal Code. There is also a penalty of 6 years in prison.

The alleged blasphemy case began when the hashtag #TangkapJosephSuryadi went viral on Twitter. The alleged blasphemy emerged after the Twitter account @NayoanAngelyca uploaded two photos. Where, one of the photos shows a picture of a man and a woman.

In the picture is written an inappropriate sentence about the religion of Islam and refers to the Prophet. This is considered blasphemy.

While the second photo shows a man with glasses. The man is referred to as Joseph Suryadi.