Press Council Affirms Edy Mulyadi's Controversial Statement Is Not A Product Of Journalism

Deputy Chairman of the Press Council Hendry Ch Bangun/Photo: VOI

JAKARTA – Deputy Chairman of the Press Council Hendry Ch Bangun doubts that Edy Mulyadi's statement on social media is a journalistic product.

“Because he speaks for himself, makes his own statement. So, where is his journalistic work? This deserves to be investigated, but I myself doubt that from that point of view, this is a journalistic work, but of course later the opinion of the press experts will judge it," said Hendry when contacted by VOI which aired on the Voidotid Youtube Channel, Friday, January 28.

Hendry also compared it with the Podcast case of Deddy Corbuzier who interviewed former Minister of Health Siti Fadilah. Hendry explained that the video, which had gone viral and was allegedly illegal, could be said to be a journalistic work because of Deddy's position as an interviewer.

"Because of Deddy's position as an interviewer, the appearance of the podcast is a journalistic work," he said.

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Regarding the case of Edy Mulyadi, who was asked to be processed as a journalist by the press council, until now Hendry admitted that he had not received any reports from the person concerned or his attorney.

Previously, Edy Mulyadi's team of lawyers protested because the letter summoning his client to investigate allegations of hate speech about Kalimantan, where the genie dumped his child, did not comply with the provisions of the Criminal Procedure Code. Apart from asserting that there was no SARA element in the viral statement, the lawyer asked the Police to enact the Press Law.

"Remember, Mr. Edy is a senior journalist. It means that the summons he spoke was as a senior journalist, not under what name. It means, we also want the Press Law to be enacted,” said the team of lawyers Edy Mulyadi Herman Kadir at the Criminal Investigation Unit at the National Police Headquarters.