Complete Petamburan Crowd Case File, Rizieq Shihab Will Be Tried Immediately

Rizieq Shihab (DOK. ANTARA)

JAKARTA - The National Police Criminal Investigation Unit will carry out phase 2 of a suspected violation of the health protocol in Petamburan. The suspect Rizieq Shihab and his evidence will be submitted to the Attorney General's Office for immediate trial.

"The responsibility of the suspect and the evidence (handed over) from the investigators of the Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police to the public prosecutor," said Karo Penmas, Police Public Relations Division, Brigadier General Rusdi Hartono, to reporters, Friday, February 5.

This second handover, said Rusdi, after the research prosecutor stated that the case files were complete, both from a formal and material side. The plan is for Rizieq to be handed over to the Attorney General's Office on Tuesday, February 9.

"The case file in question is already P21, it is declared complete by the AGO," he said.

In the crowd case in Petamburan, Rizieq Shihab was named a suspect along with five other suspects on November 14, 2020.

He is suspected of violating Article 160 of the Criminal Code concerning incitement to the community to commit a criminal act resulting in a health emergency in the community. Apart from that, the high priest of FPI is also suspected of violating Article 216 of the Criminal Code, which states about non-compliance with the law.

In this case the police also named five other suspects. They include, Haris Ubaidillah as committee chairman, Ali bin Alwi Alatas (committee secretary), Maman Suryadi (FPI commander and security officer), Sobri Lubis (person in charge of the event), and Idrus (head of the event section).