Super Lightning Police Take 17 Days To Drag Bahar Smith Suspect, Lawyers Compare Denny Siregar Etc

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JAKARTA - Attorney Ichwanuddin Tuankotta has dragged the names of social media activists such as Denny Siregar, Permadi Arya alias Abu Janda and University of Indonesia (UI) lecturer Ade Armando in the case of alleged hate speech against his client, Bahar bin Smith.

According to Ichwanuddin, there are indications that the principle of equality before the law is dead when comparing the Bahar Smith case with the reports submitted to the three names above.

In the Bahar case, West Java Police investigators only needed 17 days, starting from reporting, examining to arresting. Meanwhile, reports to Denny Siregar et al which have not been processed for years.

"The super-fast legal process that takes 17 days from reporting to investigation that ends in detention indicates the death of the principle of equality before the law when compared to the law enforcement process carried out against religious blasphemers who are in the circle of power that until now after many years. untouched by law."

"Well, there are many, Denny Siregar who were reported by Tasik students, Permadi Arya or Abu Janda and Ade Armando," he said when contacted by VOI, Tuesday, January 4. The editors are still further confirming the three names mentioned above.

Ichwan also protested the West Java Police investigators who detained Bahar Smith for reasons of fear of running away, eliminating evidence and repeating the crime. In fact, all this time, Bahar Smith has been cooperative and immediately complied with the investigator's summons.

"If it is related to the cooperative attitude of HBS (Habib Bahar Smith), the reason for the detention has absolutely no legal basis. HBS is a citizen who respects legal procedures as evidenced by his cooperative attitude, he immediately fulfilled the first summons of the police as a witness," he asserted.

The Head of Public Relations of the West Java Police, Kombes Ibrahim Tompo, confirmed that Bahar Smith (BS) has been detained at the West Java Police Detention Center, after being named a suspect in a case of spreading false news or hoaxes.

He said Bahar Smith had been detained since Monday, January 3 night after being questioned until 21.00 WIB. Bahar was named a suspect after investigators obtained two pieces of evidence in the case of spreading the hoax.

"Yes, so BS is being held at the West Java Police Headquarters Rutan, now he is in a cell," he said, in Bandung, as reported by Antara, Tuesday, January 4.