Charged With Article 160 Of The Criminal Code Regarding Sedition, Rizieq Shihab Is Threatened With 6 Years In Prison

Rizieq Shihab (Irfan Meidianto / VOI)

JAKARTA - Polda Metro Jaya has named the Grand Imam of the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) Rizieq Shihab as a suspect in violating the health protocol (prokes) at the wedding ceremony of his son, Najwa Shihab.

Apart from that, the police also used Article 160 concerning incitement to violence and and 216 of the Criminal Code concerning Obstacles to the Provisions of the Law.

"The first is that as the organizer of the MRS (Rizieq Shihab) brothers, they are suspected in Articles 160 and 216 (KUHP)," said Head of Public Relations of Polda Metro Jaya Kombes Yusri Yunus to reporters, Thursday, December 10.

Apart from Rizieq, the police have also identified five other people as the same case. Among them, the head of the child marriage contract committee Rizieq Shihab has the initials HU, the secretary of the child marriage contract committee Rizieq Shihab has the initials A, the person in charge of security for Rizieq Shihab's child marriage contract ceremony with the initials MS, the person in charge of Rizieq shihab's child marriage contract with the initials SL, and the Head of Section The HI Marriage Agreement, subject to different articles.

They are subject to Article 93 of Law Number 6 of 2018 concerning Health Quarantine. The threat was one year imprisonment or a Rp100 million fine.

"We have upgraded these 6 people from witnesses to suspects," he said.

Meanwhile, Article 160 of the Criminal Code on Incitement to Violence and Not Complying with the provisions of the law, carries the threat of six years imprisonment or a fine of IDR 4,500.

Meanwhile, Article 216 paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code concerning Obstacles to Legal Provisions. The threat is imprisonment of four months and two weeks or a fine of Rp9,000.