Rizieq Shihab Becomes A Suspect, COVID-19 Task Force: Law Enforcement Indiscriminately

COVID-19 Task Force Spokesperson Wiku Adisasmito (Photo: BNPB doc)

JAKARTA - The Grand Imam of the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) Rizieq Shihab and five other people have been named as suspects in the alleged violation of the health protocol in Petamburan, Tanah Abang, Central Jakarta.

Responding to this, Spokesperson for the COVID-19 Task Force, Wiku Adisasmito, said that his party supports the law enforcement process against health protocol violators. Because, this process must be done indiscriminately.

"In principle, law enforcement on the discipline of health protocols must be carried out indiscriminately," said Wiku when contacted by VOI, Thursday, December 10.

It is known that Rizieq was named a suspect by Polda Metro Jaya along with five other people. This determination was made after the police had conducted a case title.

"There are 6 who have been named as suspects. First the organizer is the brother of MRS (Rizieq Shihab)," said Head of Public Relations of Polda Metro Jaya, Kombes Yusri Yunus to reporters, Thursday, December 10.

The other five suspects are the Chairperson of the Marriage Contract Committee with the initials HU, the Secretary of the Marriage Contract Committee with the initials A, the Person in Charge of the Security Sector with the initials MS, the Person in Charge for the Marriage Ceremony with the initials SL, and the Head of the Marriage Agreement Program Section with the initials HI.

"These six people we have upgraded from witnesses to suspects," said Yusri.

In this case the investigator applied a different article to the suspects. Especially for Rizieq Shihab, the police used Articles 160 and 216 of the Criminal Code.

"The first is that as the organizer, MRS's own brother is presumed in Articles 160 and 216 (KUHP)," he said.

Article 160 of the Criminal Code contains incitement to committing violence and not complying with the provisions of the law, with the threat of six years in prison or a fine of Rp. 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.

Meanwhile, other suspects were only charged under Article 93 of Law Number 6 of 2018 concerning Health Quarantine. Under this regulation they are threatened with one year imprisonment or a Rp100 million fine.