JAKARTA - The Central Leadership Legal Aid Institute of Gerakan Pemuda Ansor will report back to the police Roy Suryo regarding the steps taken by the former Minister of Youth and Sports to report the Minister of Religion, Yaqut Cholil Qoumas, to the Metro Jaya Police.

"Be careful, we can also report him regarding allegations of defamation and slander", said the Head of the Litigation and Non-Litigation Advocacy Division of the Gerakan Pemuda Ansor Central Leadership Legal Aid Institute, Dendy Zuhairil Finsa, in a written statement in Jakarta, reported by Antara on Thursday, February 24.

Ansor Legal Aid, he said, was collecting evidence of cutting videos that were allegedly intended for framing efforts to incite hatred towards other parties.

"We will follow up on this evidence with a police report based on Article 28 paragraph 2 of the ITE Law", said Dendy.

Previously, Roy Suryo reported to the Minister of Religion, Yaqut Cholil Qoumas, for statements about the sound of the mosque toa and the barking of dogs. However, officers from the Integrated Police Service Center (SPKT) of the Metro Jaya Police directed that the report be submitted to the Riau Police by the scene of the case or to the Criminal Investigation Unit of the Police.

According to Dendy, Roy Suryo's report is weak because it is only based on videos that have been cut into pieces so that they are not complete.

"Roy Suryo is not a linguist, not a legal expert, not a Muslim religious leader, he also didn't hesitate to go to the Minister of Religion, suddenly made a police report after seeing the video", he said.

According to Dendy, Roy Suryo's attitude in bringing this matter to court has the potential to make things worse, because the fact is that Minister of Religion Yaqut has never compared the call to prayer or loudspeakers to barking dogs.

The Minister of Religion in this context, according to him, is only an example of the forms of noise that have the potential to disturb the peace of the community. Then, continued Dendy, the mass media who made a writing error have also provided clarification.

Reporting to the police, he said, is the right of every citizen and is protected by law, but the material of the report should not be arbitrary.

"Police reports must not be based on bad faith and malicious motives that aim solely to damage the reputation of the reported party", he said.


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