Protest Against Summons From The Criminal Investigation Unit Of The Police, Lawyer: Mr. Edy Mulyadi Clarified Apologizing, Was That Lacking?

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JAKARTA - The head of the defense team for Edy Mulyadi, Herman Kadir, protested against the summons from the Criminal Investigation Unit for the National Police which was deemed not to comply with the provisions. The lawyer also questioned why Edy Mulyadi was summoned by the police even though he had made clarifications.

"Yes, Mr. Edy has already clarified. That has been clarified and has apologized on his Youtube Channel and tvOne. It's been explained, what's lacking? Herman Kadir told reporters on Friday, January 28.

Today, Edy Mulyadi's team of lawyers sent a letter requesting a postponement of the examination. Originally, Edy Mulyadi was investigated for the alleged hate speech case because he called Kalimantan a place for genies to throw children away.

"Well, it's precisely in the summons (inspection) that it is not clear what constitutes a violation or is it just a matter of articles. But the legal event is not explained, that's what we object to," said Herman Kadir.

He claimed that Edy Mulyadi had never mentioned the name Kalimantan, let alone mentioned SARA. Despite the fact that the video footage of Edy Mulyadi's statement about Kalimantan, where the genie dumps children, has sparked the anger of the people of Kalimantan.

"Because in the press conference, Mr. Edy never mentioned the name Kalimantan at all, nothing at all, mentioning indigenous races did not exist at all," claims lawyer Edy Mulyadi

In the case of alleged hate speech with reported Edy Mulyadi, the Criminal Investigation Police examined 38 witnesses and experts have been asked for information.

"To date, a total of 30 witnesses and 8 expert witnesses have been examined. In total 38 witnesses," said Karo Penmas, Police Public Relations Division, Brigadier General Ahmad Ramadhan, to reporters, Thursday, January 27.

According to Ramadhan, dozens of witnesses were examined in different areas. Investigators asked for witness statements in East Kalimantan, East Java and Jakarta.

"The examination of witnesses in East Kalimantan as many as 10 people. Then the examination of witnesses in Central Java 2 people, then the third examination of witnesses in Jakarta 3 people," he said.

As for the experts, there are three additional people. The total number of experts questioned now amounts to eight people.

"The ITE expert, then the sociologist witness, then the criminal expert witness, and finally the linguist witness," said Ramadhan.

Meanwhile, the status of the alleged hate speech case with reported Edy Mulyadi has been investigated. The increase is based on the results of the case title.