Ferdinand Hutahaean's Heart And Mind Struggle Disease Can't Escape The Law

Ferdinand Hutahaean at Criminal Investigation Unit of Indonesian Police (Bareskrim Polri) (Rizky Adytia Prama/VOI)

JAKARTA - Ferdinand Hutahaean has been officially named a suspect in the case of hate speech about 'Your God is Weak'. In fact, even the former Democrat politician has been arrested.

The determination of the suspect in this case was colored by 'drama'. Because Ferdinand had stated that the root of the problem in his tweet was that he was suffering from day and mind struggles.

The drama begins when Ferdinand fulfills a summons for questioning on Monday, January 10. He didn't come unprepared. Because he brought evidence of medical history.

"I brought one of them with me a medical history," Ferdinand told reporters on Monday, December 10.

Ferdinand said that the medical history evidence was the root cause of the alleged blasphemy case. Because, he claims to suffer from an illness that affects his heart and mind out of sync.

"Because this is the reason, yes, what I said yesterday was suffering from an illness, so a conversation between the mind and the heart arose," he said.

However, when asked about the tweet 'Your God is Weak' which was uploaded in an unconscious state, Ferdinand denied it. He only emphasized that there was a turmoil between his heart and mind so he tweeted the sentence on his Twitter account.

"If you say in an unconscious state, it's not really, but my personal problems make my mind and my heart debate. My mind says never mind I'm going to die, something like that," said Ferdinand.

"So the tweet is for me so it's not to attack anyone but it's a conversation between my mind and my heart," he continued.

In fact, he spoke from his mouth due to the illness he was suffering, he thought of dying.

"My mind says, I think I'm going to die, it's a long story," said Ferdinand, who initially admitted that he didn't want to talk much about his illness.

Boast Not Detained

Ferdinand Hutahaean also boasted about the determination of the suspect. He said the determination of the status of the suspect will not be carried out by the Criminal Investigation Police investigator.

"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.

Had Refused to be Checked

Not only that, in the process of determining the suspect, another drama emerged. Ferdinand is said to have refused to be questioned as a suspect. Although finally, Ferdinand Hutahaean followed the examination process.

"The person in question refuses to be questioned as a suspect because of his health condition," said Ramadhan

Ferdinand's refusal was due to illness. However, when the team of doctors checked his health and declared Ferdinand Hutahaean healthy, the former Democrat politician finally agreed to be questioned as a suspect.

"But at the time of examination, the witness concerned was willing. So when he was declared a suspect, then further investigation was carried out as a suspect," said Ramadhan.

Currently, Ferdinand has also officially become a suspect. He was also detained at the Criminal Investigation Unit of the Police.

The arrest of Ferdinand is for several reasons. For example, subjective and objective reasons from investigators.

"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.