Regarding The Support Of The German Ambassador To FPI, Munarman: It Is Up To You To Deny What, We Don't Care

General Secretary of the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) Munarman (Wardhany Tsa Tsia / VOI)

JAKARTA - General Secretary of the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) Munarman spoke about the arrival of German Embassy staff at the FPI Headquarters in Petamburan, Central Jakarta, which was recently questioned by the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Kemenlu).

Munarman still stated that the embassy staff came to provide support and to convey their condolences for the deaths of six FPI laskar who were shot by the police some time ago on the Jakarta-Cikampek Toll Road.

"It is clear (giving support, ed). They are sympathetic and express their condolences," Munarman told reporters at the Office of the National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM), Menteng, Central Jakarta, Monday, December 21.

Meanwhile, regarding the statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs which questioned the visit and the emergence of an official statement from the German Embassy, he was reluctant to provide further answers.

"It's up to them to argue. We don't care, the important thing is we convey the facts to us," he said.

As previously reported, the German Embassy in Indonesia said that the arrival of one of its staff at the FPI Headquarters, Petamburan, Tanah Abang, Central Jakarta, was not an official order. The arrival of the staff was a personal initiative.

This was conveyed by representatives of the German embassy when summoned by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to clarify the arrival of a staff member at the headquarters of Rizieq Shihab's leadership.

"During the meeting, the Head of the German Embassy Representative Office confirmed the presence of Embassy staff at the secretariat of the organization. The Head of the German Embassy Representative said that the presence of German Embassy staff in the place and the meeting was held on personal initiative without getting orders or the knowledge of the German Embassy leadership," so quoted from the official statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sunday, December 20.

The German Embassy has also denied the claims made by FPI Secretary Munarman. Where Munarman said the German embassy paid special attention to the deaths of six special FPI troops. This was proven by the arrival of a person from the German embassy.

The embassy said that it had never paid special attention to what Munarman had said. Germany made sure it was not in accordance with government policy.

"The Head of the German Embassy Representative Office also denied the contents of various statements made by one of the leaders of the mass organization concerned. The Head of the German Embassy Representative Office confirmed that the incident did not reflect the policies of the Government and the German Embassy and strongly rejected the impression that the arrival of the embassy staff was a form of German support for the organization. , ”The official broadcast was still quoted.

Then, the German Embassy also explicitly expressed the support and commitment of the German government to continue bilateral cooperation with Indonesia to fight intolerance, radicalism and hate speech.

"For this incident, the Head of Representative of the German Embassy expressed his apologies and regrets for the incident," the statement was quoted as saying.