Panji Gumilang Jalani Perdana Session Of Blasphemy Cases At The Indramayu District Court

The atmosphere of the trial of the defendant Panji Gumilang at the Indramayu District Court, West Java, Wednesday (8/11/2023). (ANTARA/Fathnur Rohman)

InDRAMAYU - The Indramayu District Court, West Java, held the first trial of the defendant in the alleged criminal act of the Panji Gumilang blasphemy case with the agenda of reading the indictment by the Public Prosecutor (JPU). "For criminal cases Number 365 Special Crimes 2023 on behalf of AS Panji Gumilang, the trial starts at 09.00 WIB," said Indramayu District Court spokesman Yanto Arianto on the sidelines of the trial quoted from Antara, Wednesday, November 8. In the trial chaired directly by Chief Justice Yogi Dulhadi accompanied by Member of Judge I Ria Agustin and Member of Judge II Yanuarni Abdul Gaffar, he explained that the Head of the Tanjung JPU Team Zulfikar read out three charges against Panji Gumilang, which were in the form of a combination of a cumulative combination of charges with alternative or subsidiary charges. He said the primary indictment submitted by the Public Prosecutor's Team was related to Article 14 paragraph (1) of the Republic of Indonesia Law (UU) Number 1 of 1946, regarding broadcasting fake news and deliberately publishing trouble in the community. "The subsidiary is related to Article 14 paragraph (2) and the same is about fake news. More subsidiary Article 15 of the Republic of Indonesia Law Number 1 of 1946 concerning broadcasting uncertain news or excessive and incomplete news," said Yanto. In addition, Yanto stated that the Public Prosecutor's Team also charged Panji Gumilang with the ITE Law, namely Article 45A paragraph (2) in conjunction with Article 28 paragraph (2) of Law Number 19 of 2016 concerning Amendments to Law Number 11 of 2008 concerning ITE. "Where the law means to cause hatred, hostility, individuals or certain community groups based on ethnicity, racial religion between groups or SARA," he said. For other charges, said Yanto, namely Article 156 Letter (a) of the Criminal Code regarding intentional in public, expressing feelings or committing actions that are basically hostility, abuse, blasphemy against a religion held in Indonesia. Yanto explained that this trial was open to the public, but his party continued to limit the number of visitors to the trial due to the relatively small capacity of the Indramayu District Court building.

"The trial is open to the public. But because the condition of this building is small, but we limit it," he said.