Suspect Edy Mulyadi Feels The Coldness Of The Prison Floor At The Bareskrim Detention Center

Social media activist, Edy Mulyadi waves when he arrives at the Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police, Jakarta, Monday (31/1/2022). ANTARAPHOTO/Adam Bariq/RIV/rwa (ANTARA FOTO/Rivan Awal Lingga)

JAKARTA - The suspect in the alleged hate speech case containing SARA related to the Capital of the Archipelago (IKN) Edy Mulyadi is officially detained at the Criminal Investigation Center (Rutan) at the National Police Headquarters after the transfer of phase two to the Central Jakarta District Attorney.

"Today we are handing over the suspect and stage II evidence from the Police Headquarters investigator to the Public Prosecutor at the Central Jakarta District Attorney on behalf of the suspect Edy Mulyadi," said Head of the Central Jakarta District Attorney, Bima Suprayoga, at the Central Jakarta District Attorney's Office (Kejari). , Thursday, March 31, reported by Antara.

Bima explained that Edy Mulyadi would be detained for 20 days at the Criminal Investigation Unit at the Police Headquarters from Thursday to April 19, 2022.

Later, the public prosecutor will prepare an indictment letter and transfer the "a quo" case file to the Central Jakarta District Court.

Edy Mulyadi is suspected of violating Article 45A Paragraph (2) in conjunction with Article 28 Paragraph (2) of Law Number 19 of 2016 concerning Amendments to Law Number 11 of 2008 concerning Information and Electronic Transactions and/or Article 14 paragraph (1) and ( 2) and/or Article 15 of Law Number 1 of 1946 concerning Criminal Law Regulations and/or Article 156 of the Criminal Code.

The Youtuber with the account name Bang Edy Channel, is suspected of committing a crime of hate speech based on ethnicity, religion, race and inter-group (SARA), as well as making false notifications by deliberately publishing trouble among the people.

Edy also broadcasts news that is uncertain or exaggerated or incomplete.

At that time, the suspect did this at a hotel in the Thamrin area, Jalan Kebon Sirih, Tanah Abang, Central Jakarta.

The report against Edy Mulyadi relates to his statement which stated that East Kalimantan as the location of the State Capital (IKN) was a place for genies to throw children.

One of Edy Mulyadi's quotes that allegedly insulted East Kalimantan at his press conference reads "This is an elite place, owns an expensive price, has its own building, then sold it, moved to a place where the genie disposed of children (new IKN)".