JAKARTA - The suspect in the illegal access case, Dr Richard Lee, will be detained by Polda Metro Jaya. Previously this beautician was decided not to be detained.

The news of Richard Lee's detention was conveyed by his wife through his Instagram account @renieffendi24.

"I swear I'm writing this until I get bad news from husband @dr.richardlee_official being detained by the police. What is the basis for my husband being detained, he doesn't want my husband to be detained. It's clear that my husband is not guilty, not a crime, does not harm others, what is the basis of my husband being detained," he wrote, quoted by VOI, Monday, December 27.

Meanwhile, the Head of Public Relations of the Polda Metro Jaya Kombes E. Zulpan stated that Richard Lee's detention was carried out in the context of transferring the second phase of case files. The research prosecutor stated that the case file was declared complete or P21.

"That's right (detention for stage two, ed)," said Zulpan.

However, regarding when the case file for Dr Richard Lee was declared complete by the research prosecutor, Zulpan could not elaborate. The reason, is currently still coordinating with the team of investigators.

"Tomorrow I will release it," said Zulpan.

For information, Richard Lee was previously not detained by Polda Metro Jaya investigators even though he has been named a suspect.

Doctor Richard Lee was arrested at his residence in Palembang, South Sumatra, Wednesday 11 August. The arrest was because he intentionally deleted the post on his Instagram account.

In fact, the @dr.richard_lee account has been designated as evidence in the alleged defamation case.

In fact, in this case not only dr. Richard Lee, who is a suspect. Investigators also named a man named Hans Pratama as a suspect.

Hans was named a suspect because he was the creator and uploader of content deemed illegal to access. Although, carried out with the approval of dr. Richard.

In this case, Dr. Richard is charged with Article 30 in conjunction with 46 of the ITE Law and Article 231 of the Criminal Code and or Article 221 of the Criminal Code regarding the loss of evidence.


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