Son-in-law Rizieq Shihab Hanif Alatas Walkout Permit, Judge Prohibited, Now Standing Hearing The Indictment

Hanif Alatas trial / Screenshot

JAKARTA - Habib Rizieq Shihab's son-in-law, Muhammad Hanif Alatas also wants to be presented at the trial at the East Jakarta District Court over the UMMI Bogor swab case.

"I want to be present at the trial, I have the right to be present at the trial," said Hanif Alatas in the Criminal Investigation Court's courtroom, Jakarta, Friday, March 19.

This request was rejected by the panel of judges who heard this case. According to the judge, the online trial already has a legal basis.

"Regarding the request for an offline trial, the judge has issued an online court decision. If you want to go offline, please submit a request. For a while, you obey the trial," said the Judge.

Hanif Alatas said he still did not want to run an online trial. Hanif said he would walk out if the trial continued.

"When the trial is conducted by trial, I will walk out of the trial," said Hanif Alatas.

In response to this, the judge did not allow Hanif Alatas to walk out. "Suadara is not allowed to walk out, this is not an order from the judge but an order from the law," said the judge.

"So you are still sitting there. Ask the prosecutor to keep the defendant there. If you do not attend the trial you will be at a loss," said the judge.

Hanif Alatas was 'invisible' because he was no longer sitting in the defendant's seat at the Police Criminal Investigation Unit. The judge asked the public prosecutor to bring Hanif Alatas back

Finally the trial continued. The prosecutor read the indictment of Hanif Alatas in the alleged swab case of the UMMI Bogor Hospital. Hanif Alatas chose to stand even though the judge asked him to sit down at the reading of the indictment.