Bahar Bin Smith Gets A Visit From The Family At The West Java Police Detention Center, Brings Spicy Fish

Defendant of spreading false news Bahar Smith at the Bandung District Court Class IA Special, Bandung City, West Java (Photo: ANTARA)

JAKARTA - Lecturer Bahar Bin Smith, who is currently undergoing trial related to alleged hate speech, was visited by his family during the moment of Eid Al-Fitr 1443 Hijriah.

Mother and wife and their children were present to celebrate this moment on the first day of Eid, Monday, 2 May.

"The information came from the family, especially Habib, along with his wife and child on the first day of Eid to visit Habib Bahar," said Bahar Bin Smith's attorney, Ichwan Tuankotta when contacted by VOI via text message, Wednesday, Wednesday, May 4.

During the visit, there was food that was brought by the family to Bahar Bin Smith. One of them, said Ichwan, is the ketupat which is the hallmark of Eid al-Fitr.

"Food brought by the family usually likes spicy fish. But usually this Eid like this is the hallmark of ketupat," he said.

The condition of the speaker is currently in good health. Even so, Ichwan admitted that he had not had time to visit the detention center to meet his client.

It was previously reported that Bahar and Tatan Rustandi were suspected of committing a crime in violation of Article 14 paragraph (1) and paragraph (2) and Article 15 of Law Number 1 of 1946 concerning the Criminal Law Regulations and/or Article 28 paragraph (2) in conjunction with Article 45A paragraph 2 of the Law. Number 19 of 2016 concerning Amendments to Law Number 11 of 2008 concerning Information and Electronic Transactions in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) number 1E of the Criminal Code.

Bahar was named a suspect in a hoax case on Monday, December 3, 2021, after being questioned at the West Java Regional Police for nine hours. Meanwhile, Tatan was also named a suspect because he was suspected of being the uploader of a video containing hoaxes by Bahar.