Having A Role As Secretary, Educator To Fundraiser, Four Muslim Khilafatul Leaders Arrested By Polda Metro

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JAKARTA - Investigators from the Directorate of General Criminal Investigation (Ditreskrimum) of the Polda Metro Jaya arrested four important figures related to the Khilafatul Muslimin organization in a number of areas. The four people had the initials AA, IN, F, and SW.

"The arrests of four people that we carried out were carried out on June 11, 2022. Then there were three places of arrest, the first in Lampung, namely the Khilafatul Muslimin head office. Then the second in Bekasi, in Pekayon to be precise. The third was in the city of Medan," said the Head of Public Relations of Polda Metro Jaya Kombes Pol. Endra Zulpan quoted by Antara, Sunday 12 June.

Endra added that the four people had different roles in the Khilafatul Muslimin organization. Among them AA as the Secretary of the Khilafatul Muslimin who runs operations and finances.

IN, who was arrested by officers in Lampung, played a role in spreading the doctrine through the education system and also training carried out by the Khilafatul Muslimin mass organization.

"F who was arrested in Medan is the person in charge of finance and fundraiser for the Khilafatul Muslimin. In Bekasi, initially, SW plays the role of administrator and founder of the Khilafatul Muslimin along with their highest leadership," said Zulpan.

From the arrest, Zulpan said that his party also secured evidence in the form of attributes of mass organizations, books and bulletins related to the Khilafatul Muslimin, as well as several computer units. "Now that the team has brought it, of course, later we will check what is inside the computer unit," said Zulpan.

Furthermore, Zulpan said that the four had been named suspects by the Jakarta Metro Police investigators with the suspicion of Article 59 paragraph 4 and 82 paragraph 1 of RI Law Number 16 of 2017 concerning mass organizations.

"And or Article 14 paragraphs 1 and 2, and or Article 15 of the Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 1 of 1946 concerning criminal law regulations with a minimum prison sentence of five years and a maximum of 20 years in prison," said Zulpan.