Dozens Of Khilafatul Muslimin Followers In Surabaya Examined By East Java Police

A total of 18 members of the Greater Surabaya Muslim Khilafatul group met the summons of the East Java Police Ditreskrimum/IST

SURABAYA - A total of 18 members of the Khilafatul Muslimin group in Greater Surabaya met the summons of the East Java Police Ditreskrimum. This examination was carried out after the police searched the headquarters of the Khilafatul Muslimin in Surabaya.

"This call is related to the issue of the syiar motorbike convoy. The police view this convoy as something that is contrary to the Pancasila law," said a member of the Greater Surabaya Khilafatul Muslimin group, Muhammad Faisal at the East Java Police Headquarters, Thursday, June 9.

Dozens of Khilafatul Muslims arrived at the Ditreskrimsus Polda Jatim at around 11.00 WIB. They wear green and white robes.

According to Faisal, apart from the 18 members who were summoned today, the police had previously questioned three members of the Khilafatul Muslimin Surabaya Raya group.

Faisal hopes that the police prove that the Khilafatul Muslimin is indeed guilty.

"It's just that there is no evidence so far," he said.

Responding to the arrest of the head of the Khilafatul Muslimin center located in Lampung some time ago, Faisal admitted to following the ongoing process.

"Yes, we just walk (just follow it). But we need evidence later, is this radical, what evidence is there, so far there hasn't been any," he said.

Meanwhile, from the results of a three-hour search, investigators from Sub-Directorate I Kamneg Ditreskrimum East Java Police secured 15 items of Khilafah attributes from the group's gathering place.

The search was related to the convoy action carried out by the group, including the leaflets that were distributed several times by the Khilafatul Muslimin group in Surabaya or East Java.

The Head of Public Relations of the East Java Police, Kombes Dirmanto, confirmed that his party was conducting an examination of members of the Khilafatul Muslimin group in the city of Surabaya.

"So it's true today, the Sub-Directorate of Kamneg Ditkrimum Polda East Java conducted an examination of the Khilafatul members in Surabaya. About 18 people who we examined planned, we explored the connection with the legal violations committed by these mass organizations," he said.