Joseph Suryadi's Recognition Of Suspect Of Blasphemy On Lost Cell Phones Is Just A Lie

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

JAKARTA - Joseph Suryadi has been named a suspect in the alleged blasphemy case which has gone viral on Twitter. Joseph's confession that his cellphone was lost was only false information.

"Yes (a lie about missing cellphones)," said the Head of Public Relations of the Polda Metro Jaya Kombes E. Zulpan to reporters, Wednesday, December 15.

Joseph's confession is known to be only a false statement because the results of the digital forensic search and the examination process found discrepancies.

Moreover, when investigators continued to dig up his statement, Joseph Suryadi finally admitted that his statement was just a lie.

"Yes, yes. That's his way of doing this (with an alibi) right," said Zulpan.

Previously, the police investigated the alleged blasphemy case behind the viral #TangkapJosephSuryadi. The results of the interim examination, the alleged perpetrator admitted that he had never committed blasphemy on the grounds that his cellphone had been missing since a few days ago.

"Indeed, he admitted that his cellphone was lost," said the Head of Public Relations of the Polda Metro Jaya Kombes E. Zulpan to reporters, Tuesday, December 14.

However, when asked about the time of the disappearance of Joseph Suryadi's cellphone, Zulpan said he could not explain in detail. The reason, the inspection process is still ongoing.

"I can't tell you yet because I'm still being questioned first," said Zulpan

Meanwhile, Joseph Suryadi has been named a suspect in this case. He was charged with 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 KUHP.