Police: Rizieq Will Be Immediately Arrested After Being Examined

Head of Public Relations of Polda Metro Jaya Kombes Yusri Yunus Rizki Adytia Pramana / VOI)

JAKARTA - The police will immediately arrest Habib Rizieq Shihab (HRS) after he is questioned as a suspect at Polda Metro Jaya.

"We will examine the person concerned as a suspect and then we will make arrests," said Head of Public Relations of Polda Metro Jaya Kombes Yusri Yunus at the Jakarta Metro Police Headquarters, Saturday, December 12.

Yusri said investigators would consider an arrest after Rizieq was questioned.

"Later, efforts to issue detention will be the investigators' efforts," said Yusri.

On a separate occasion, HRS's lawyer, Azis Yanuar, said that his client was ready for detention.

"God willing, he is ready (to be detained), he is ready with all possibilities because as a fighter," Aziz said at Polda Metro Jaya, Saturday.

Rizieq Shihab promised to go to Polda Metro Jaya to undergo an examination related to a case of violation of health protocols on Saturday.

"Tonight I announce it to all the nation's children, God willing, tomorrow, Saturday, December 12, 2020, in the morning I will come to Polda Metro Jaya, God willing," said Rizieq in a video uploaded on the Youtube channel Front TV, reported by Antara. , Saturday, December 12th.

Rizieq claims he has never run away or avoided the legal process, but is in a state of health that must rest for recovery.

"I have never run, let alone hide. Once again, I have never run and never hid. Because all this time, during the recovery process I have mostly sat at the Islamic Boarding School for Agrocultural Islamic Boarding Megamendung," said Rizieq.

In this case, Polda Metro Jaya investigators have named Rizieq a suspect charged with Article 160 of the Criminal Code and Article 216 of the Criminal Code.

Apart from Rizieq, five other people were also named as suspects, namely Haris Ubaidillah as committee chairman, Ali bin Alwi Alatas (committee secretary), Maman Suryadi (FPI commander and person in charge of security), Sobri Lubis (person in charge of the event), and Idrus (section head event).

The five suspects, the police implemented Article 93 of Law Number 6 of 2018 concerning Health Quarantine.

Previously, the Head of Public Relations of Polda Metro Jaya Kombes Pol. Yusri Yunus emphasized that there were no more summons against Rizieq Shihab who had been named a suspect in a case of violating health protocols in a crowd, in Petamburan, Central Jakarta, on Saturday, November 14.

"Mr MRS, the first witness 'summons did not come, the second witness' summons did not come, yesterday I emphasized that the Polda Metro Jaya will arrest MRS," said Kombes Pol Yusri Yunus at Polda Metro Jaya, Friday, December 11.