Former Central Jakarta Police Chief, Central Jakarta Mayor And DKI Jakarta Transportation Agency Will Testify At Rizieq Shihab Session

Rizieq Shihab (Wardhany Tsa Tsia/VOI)

JAKARTA - The public prosecutor (JPU) will present 11 witnesses in a follow-up trial in cases of suspected crowds and violations of health protocols in Petamburan and Megamendung. Some of the witnesses who will be presented are former Central Jakarta Metro Police Chief Heru Novinato, DKI Kadishbu Safrin Liputo, and Central Jakarta Mayor Bayu Meghantara.

"(Witnesses to be presented) Heru Novinato (former Central Jakarta Metro Police Chief), Bayu Meghantara (Mayor of Central Jakarta), and Safrin Liputo (DKI Jakarta Transportation Agency," said the prosecutor during a trial at the East Jakarta District Court, Tuesday, April 6.

Meanwhile, the other 8 witnesses did not come from state officials. It is suspected that they were the ones who had banned any event that would create crowds.

"(Other witnesses) Oka setiawan, Jecky M Aveno, Budi cahyono, M Soleh, Rianto Sulistyo, Rusdian, Sabda Kurnianto, and Erikson T.," said the prosecutor.

Dozens of witnesses will later testify in two cases. This is because the panel of judges ordered the examinations in these two cases to be merged.

"For the efficiency of the examination of the witnesses it is the same in cases 221 and 226 at once," said presiding judge Suparman Nyompa.

For information, the panel of judges rejected the exception of crowd cases and violations of health protocols in Petamburan and Megamendung. Thus, the trial of these two cases continued to the agenda of examining witnesses.