6 FPI Laskar Members Shot, Setara Institute: If Senpi Really Belongs To FPI, Police Self Defense Can Be Accepted

Metro Jaya Police Chief, Inspector General Fadil Imran, shows a gun belonging to the FPI special army guarding Rizieq Shihab (Rizky Adytia / VOI)

JAKARTA - The head of the Setara Institute, Hendardi, assessed that the police's efforts to enforce the law over the alleged violation of the health protocol that occurred during the return and safari by the Grand Imam of the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) Rizieq Shihab to a number of places led to a new chapter and caused further controversy.

This controversy was related to Rizieq Shihab's disobedience to the ongoing legal process, including the attack on the special FPI army guarding Rizieq until finally 6 people were shot dead by the police.

"On the one hand, the National Police explained the objective reasons for threats to the human lives of Polri members as justification for repressive actions by its members. But on the other hand, the use of firearms by the Police in dealing with certain incidents, still must refer to strict procedures and must be accountable. as stipulated in the Chief of Police Regulation No. 1 of 2009 concerning the Use of Force in Police Action and Regulation of the Chief of Police No. 8 of 2009 concerning the Implementation of Human Rights Principles and Standards in the Implementation of National Police Duties, "Hendardi said in a written statement received by VOI, Monday , 7 December.

He said the shooting of six members of the special laskar was a concern and should not have happened. However, if it is true that the weapons shown by the Kapolda Metro Jaya and the Pangdam Jaya belong to members of this mass organization, then the police's defense if they take firm action because they feel threatened can be accepted.

"The National Police's defense for the lives of its members who are in danger of being accepted. However, to meet the standards applied in Perkap 8/2009, the National Police must evaluate the use of firearms by its members," he said.

This evaluation, continued Hendardi, can be done by ordering the Professional Security and Security Division (Propam) to evaluate the facts so that the reasons justifying the use of firearms are known in this incident.

Setara urged Muhammad Rizieq Shihab (MRS) to comply with police summons to be investigated for suspected health protocol violations and other cases that stalled before he settled in Saudi Arabia for several years.

In addition, Hendardi also requested that the police continue to take firm, measurable and accountable legal actions to handle various criminal cases involving members of organizations carrying intolerant aspirations, thugs in religious robes, and elites behind them after Rizieq's return to Tanah. Water.

"The episode after MRS 'return is a test for the Police to enforce the law," he said.

Previously reported, the incident of the police attack by laskar Rizieq Shihab took place at around 00.30 WIB Monday, early morning. Metro Jaya Regional Police Chief Inspector General Fadil Imran said that the police had received news that a mass of supporters of Rizieq Shihab would be deployed in connection with an investigation called Inspector General Fadil circulating in many WhatsApp groups.

Polda investigated the truth of the information and followed the vehicle Rizieq was in. On the Jakarta-Cikampek toll road, Fadil said the officers' vehicles were intercepted and then attacked using firearms and sharp weapons.

"Members who were threatened with their safety because they were attacked, then took a firm measure of measure, so that the group suspected of being MRS followers, totaling 10, died as many as 6 people," said Fadil.

However, this was denied by the FPI Spokesperson, Munarman. Munarman emphasized that Rizieq made a trip to attend recitation at the residence of his immediate family. "The news is slanderous. Habib Rizieq is heading outside Jakarta to attend the nuclear family recitation. I do not want to mention where it is. This is only a nuclear family recitation, it does not involve any parties," said Munarman.