Police Arrest Archipelago People's State Officials

Karo Penmas Div of Public Relations of the National Police Brigadier General Argo Yuwono (Rizky Adytia Pramana / VOI)

JAKARTA - The National Police Criminal Investigation Unit has arrested the founder of the People's Nation of the Archipelago, Yudi Syamhudi Suyuti, for his statement regarding his invitation to dissolve the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia (NKRI). Yudi was charged with the article on alleged treason and spreading false news about his statement.

Karo Penmas Div of Public Relations of the National Police, Brigadier General Argo Yuwono, said that Yudi's arrest was based on a police report with number LP / B / 0041 / I / 2020 / Bareskrim, January 22, 2020.

Yudi uploaded the statement that was the subject of the problem on Youtube social media. In the upload, Yudi also mentioned about the decaying system in Indonesia.

"Inviting to dissolve the Republic of Indonesia and will replace it with the People's Nation of the Archipelago. The Republic of Indonesia is now experiencing a deadlock and is very critical. If you could say it is the NKRI system, it is a decaying system," said Argo when confirmed, Friday, January 31.

Yudi also claimed that the struggle of the Nusanta Rayat State to represent the entire society that existed before the formation of the Republic of Indonesia. So, for that reason, Yudi wanted to disband NKRI.

When he was arrested on Wednesday, January 22, the police confiscated several pieces of evidence from Yudi. Among them, a flash disk containing the suspect's video recording, a cell phone and a video screen capture image.

"The suspected articles, Article 110 KUHP Jo Article 107 KUHP Jo Article 87 KUHP, Article 207 KUHP and / or Article 14 and or Article 15 of Law Number 1 Year 1946 concerning Criminal Law Regulations," said Argo.

For your information, the Youtube video uploaded by Yudi Syamhudi Suyuti's account on October 27, 2015, has been watched by 18,000 people in 4 years, or January 24 to be precise. It's just that, the video recording was no longer found because it had been deleted by the account.