Lily Wahid Was Not A Witness When Ferdinand Hutahean Officially Converted To Islam

Ferdinand Hutahaean (Photo: Screenshot from Youtube @Ferdinand Hutahaean)

JAKARTA - The younger brother of the 4th President of the Republic of Indonesia Abdurrahman Wahid or Gus Dur, Lily Wahid asserted that he was not a witness when Ferdinand Hutahaean converted to Islam in 2017.

This was conveyed by him in response to Ferdinand's statement which admitted that he had converted to Islam and said the creed, Lily Wahid was a witness.

"Actually the witness is not correct. I did witness and there (when he said the creed, ed) there were kiai," said Lily when contacted by VOI, Friday, January 7.

"So the time for my shahada was there," he added.

He admitted that he forgot who was there because the procession took place about four years ago. Lily admitted that she attended because she had a good prejudice against Ferdinand.

"(Anyone who was present, ed) I forgot, I don't remember. Because it was 2017 but what is clear is that it was the kiai who witnessed it," he said.

"I thought well, so I came," added Lily.

Previously, the Deputy Chairman of PP LAZISNU Ubaidillah Amin or who is familiarly called Gus Ubaid revealed the fact that Ferdinand was a convert to Islam. According to Gus Ubaid, Ferdinand Hutahaean converted to Islam in 2017 and made his shahada in front of KH Ali Yafi who was the former General Chair of the Central MUI. This creed was witnessed by Lily Wahid.

"After we dug up and found out about Ferdinand's brother through our friends in Jakarta, it turned out that the information we got was quite surprising. Ferdinand is a convert to Islam," said Gus Ubaid as quoted from recent.id, Friday, January 7.

Ferdinand also confirmed the information when confirmed by VOI. "Yes, that's right," he said in response to a short message.

For information, Ferdinand Hutahaean was in the spotlight because of his tweet on his Twitter account @FerdinandHaean3 on January 4, 2022.

"It's a pity that your God is weak and must be defended. If I were, my God is extraordinary, omnipotent, HE is always my defender and my God doesn't need to be defended," wrote Ferdinand on his Twitter account, @FerdinandHaean3.

As a result of this upload, the Indonesian Youth National Committee (KNPI) to the Criminal Investigation Unit of the Police reported Ferdinand to the police. It didn't take long for the status of the case to be upgraded from an investigation to an investigation on Thursday, January 6.

In this case, Ferdinand is suspected of violating Article 45 a paragraph 2 in conjunction with Article 28 paragraph 2, Law 11 of 2008 concerning ITE, and Article 14 paragraph 1 and paragraph 2 of the Criminal Code.