At First, Ferdinand Hutahaean Boasted That Suspect Determination Was Still Far Away, Finally He Entered The Detention Cell

Ferdinand Hutahaean at the Police Criminal Investigation Unit (Photo: Rizky AP/VOI)

JAKARTA - At first, Ferdinand Hutahaean boasted about the determination of the suspect in the alleged hate speech case. Ferdinand Hutahaean said the determination of the suspect status would not be carried out by the Criminal Investigation Police investigator.

Ferdinand Hutahaean made this statement before undergoing an examination at the Criminal Investigation Unit of the Jakarta Police Headquarters, Monday, January 10. At the summons, the investigation process by the investigator was intended to clarify the "Your God Is Weak" tweet.

"It's still far, still far away. It just needs clarification," Ferdinand told reporters, Monday, January 10.

But Ferdinand Hutahaean's belief was wrong. After 11 hours of questioning, the former Democrat politician became a suspect.

Head of Public Information, Police Public Relations Division, Brigadier General Ahmad Ramadhan, said that Ferdinand Hutahean was named a suspect based on the results of the case title.

"After the case was carried out, the Dittipsiber investigation team had obtained 2 pieces of evidence in accordance with Article 184 of the Criminal Procedure Code. Thus, raising the status of brother FH from a witness to a suspect," said Ramadhan.

Currently, Ferdinand has also been officially detained at the Criminal Investigation Unit of the Police. Detention for subjective and objective reasons.

"There are two reasons for the detention by investigators, the first is subjective reasons, it is feared that the person concerned will run away, it is feared that the person concerned will repeat the act again, and it is feared that evidence will be lost," said Ramadhan.

"Meanwhile, the objective reason is that the alleged threat to the FH suspect is over 5 years old," he continued.

Ferdinand Hutahaean was named a suspect in the alleged hate speech case. In this case, he faces up to 10 years in prison.

The criminal sanction was because Ferdinand Hutahaean was charged with multiple layers of articles, namely, Article 14 paragraph 1 and 2 of the criminal law regulation of Law number 1 of 1946 and then Article 45 paragraph (2) in conjunction with Article 28 paragraph (2) of the ITE Law.