JAKARTA - The Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police is still investigating the case of alleged insult to Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) with reported Faizal Assegaf. In the process, 13 witnesses and experts have been questioned.
"An examination of 13 witnesses has been carried out. Of which 7 are witnesses and 6 are expert witnesses," said Head of the Public Relations Division of the National Police Public Relations Division, Kombes Ahmad Ramadhan, to reporters, Wednesday, December 22.
In this case, Faizal Assegaf allegedly insulted NU through his statement on his personal Youtube channel. The reporting party in this case is the Rabithah Ma'ahid Islamiyah (RMI) institution.
In addition, Ramadhan also stated that the investigation team from the Directorate of Cyber Crime (Ditipidsiber) of the Indonesian National Police Criminal Investigation Team will continue to investigate this case. Investigators are still investigating whether there was a criminal offense in the case.
"Currently, the case has been processed by the Dittipidsiber Bareskrim Polri," said Ramadhan.
For information, Faizal Assegaf's statement is considered an insult because he considers PBNU to be the largest proposal producer in the world.
Report registered with the number LP/B/0668/XII/SPKT/BARESKRIM Polri dated November 2, 2021. Thus, Faizal Assegaf is suspected of violating Article 28 paragraph (2) in conjunction with Article 45A paragraph (2) of Law Number 19 of 2016 concerning Amendments to Law Number 11 of 2008 concerning Information and Electronic Transactions (ITE).
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