Polished By The JK Family, Danny Pomanto Reports Back On The Spread Of Edhy Prabowo's OTT Viral Recordings

Danny Pomanto while campaigning (DOK. Danny Pomanto's Instagram)

MAKASSAR - A team of legal advisers to the candidate for mayor of Makassar, M Ramdhan Pomanto, reported that an alleged perpetrator with the initials SM was suspected of recording and distributing his viral voice recordings on social media to the police. This video was viral until the Jusuf Kalla (JK) family reported Danny Pomanto to the South Sulawesi Regional Police.

"It has been reported that the perpetrators to the South Sulawesi Regional Police with the initials SM who deliberately recorded them secretly and then edited them then spread the video and voice to the public to spread slander to Mr. Danny Pomanto," said Danny Pomanto's spokesman, Natsar Desi, quoted by Antara, Sunday, December 6. .

Natsar explained that after finding out who the private conversation recorder was, it was suspected that SM was the person who recorded the conversation at Danny Pomanto's residence on Jalan Amirullah, Makassar, some time ago.

Regarding the content of the circulating recordings, he said, it was just regular chat after reading the analysis of several mainstream (mainstream) media such as Tempo and Gatra, so that private conversations took place and not for public consumption. But recently it was spread by these elements.

"We see that there is a provocative element in this situation. The circulating footage was deliberately released so that the situation was not conducive. We suspect that certain individuals have made a by design to hinder and drop the electability of our candidate," he said.

A similar sentiment was conveyed by a spokesman for Danny's legal team, Ilham Rasyid. He said this reporting was made after the alleged perpetrator spread a video containing voice recordings in chat groups on Whatsapp and Facebook, which recorded conversations without permission in Danny's private house.

"We are reporting the alleged perpetrator of the recording with the initials SM, and a lawyer with the initials YG who also spread on social media," explained Ilham.

In their report, the legal team attached screenshot evidence of the distribution of the recorded files in the social media group. For the actions of the perpetrators, continued Ilham, his client was greatly harmed and his reputation was defamed.

Previously, Danny Pomanto's legal team represented by 10 lawyers reported SM to the South Sulawesi Regional Police's Special Criminal Investigation Directorate (Ditreskrimsus) on Saturday (5/12/2020) night. SM is known to be a member of the Laskar Merah Putih (LMP) Non-Governmental Organization (LMP) who is suspected of recording an internal discussion and then distributing the recording.

The act of the recording actor without permission and the spreader has committed a criminal act of defamation as regulated in Law Number 19 of 2016 concerning Amendment to Law Number 11 of 2008 concerning Electronic Transaction Information (ITE).

Danny Pomanto's legal adviser, Taslim Suarman, said that in connection with the report by the lawyer and reporter for JK's family, Yusuf Gunco, to the police, it was considered that there was an attempt to corner his client, even it was considered a fabricated report.

Because according to the law, everyone has the right to speak, think and have an opinion in his own house. This right is protected by Law number 9 of 1998, the 1945 Constitution, and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

"What Danny conveyed in the chat at his house in the context of a private conversation related to national political conditions, Yusuf's report was vague (difficult to understand) and seemed far-fetched," explained Taslim.

Previously, the case of alleged defamation of the former 10th and 12th Indonesian Vice President, HM Jusuf Kalla through video recordings and a voice similar to Danny Pomanto which went viral on social media was reported by his son Solihin Kalla through his family legal adviser, Yusuf Gunco at the South Sulawesi Regional Police office on Saturday, December 5th.

The report is related to the contents of the recording allegedly accusing and linking JK of being the mastermind behind the arrest of Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries Edhy Prabowo by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) some time ago.