Complete Religious Blasphemy Case Files, Panji Gumilang Will Soon Be Tried

Head of the Legal Information Center (Kapuspenkum) of the Attorney General's Office Ketut Sumedana. ANTARA/Laily Rahmawaty

The Attorney General's Office (AGO) stated that the case file for the alleged blasphemy case on behalf of the suspect Panji Gumilang (ARPG) was complete or P21. Thus, the leader of the Al Zaytun Islamic Boarding School will soon face the trial process. "The case file on behalf of the suspect ARPG is declared complete formally and materially (P21)," said Head of the Kejaung Pengum, Ketut Sumedana in a statement, Friday, October 27. The Panji Gumilang case file was declared complete after being investigated by the research prosecutor at the Directorate of Crimes on State Security, Public Order and Other General Crimes (Kamnegtibun and TPUL) of the Deputy Attorney General for General Crimes (Jampidum), on October 26, yesterday. With it declared complete, Bareskrim Polri investigators must carry out phase II, namely handing over the suspect and evidence to the public prosecutor. Thus, Panji Gumilang can be tried immediately. "Ask the investigators of the Directorate of General Crimes at Bareskrim Polri to hand over the responsibility of the suspect and evidence to the Public Prosecutor to determine whether the case has met the requirements to be transferred to the court or not," said Ketut. Meanwhile, in this case, Panji is suspected of violating Article 14 Paragraph (1) Subsidiary Article 14 Paragraph (2) Subsidies Article 15 of Law Number 1 Year 1946 or Article 156a Paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code or Article 45A Paragraph (2) Jo. Article 28 Paragraph (2) Law Number 19 Year 2016 concerning Amendments to Law Number 11 Year 2008 concerning Electronic Information and Transactions (ITE).

Panji Gumilang is suspected of committing a criminal act intentionally in public broadcasting fake news or news that is hostility, abuse or blasphemy against a religion and intentionally issuing trouble among the public regarding ethnicity, religion, race, and between groups (SARA).