JAKARTA - Polda Metro Jaya agreed to have confiscated two diplomas belonging to the 7th President of the Republic of Indonesia Joko Widodo (Jokowi). The confiscation is related to the handling of cases of alleged defamation.
"That it is true that investigators from the Kamneg Sub-Directorate of the Ditreskrimum Polda Metro Jaya have confiscated the S1 and SMA diplomas," said Head of Public Relations of the Polda Metro Jaya Kombes Ade Ary Syam Indradi to reporters, Thursday, July 24.
After being confiscated, the two Jokowi diplomas will be examined by the Forensic Laboratory (Labfor) team.
The test was to find out its authenticity, especially the strata 1 diploma or S1 of the Faculty of Forestry, Universita Gajah Mada (UGM).
The allegation refers to the alleged defamation reported by Jokowi related to allegations of fake diplomas.
"For the purposes of examination or testing in a forensic laboratory in the investigation stage," said Ade.
It is known that the confiscation of the two diplomas was conveyed by Jokowi after undergoing an examination at the Surakarta Police on Wednesday, July 23. "Yes, investigators have also confiscated the original diplomas of S1 and SMA," said Jokowi.
SEE ALSO:
-
| BERITA
Perang Thailand-Kamboja, Thaksin-Hun Sen Saling Tuduh Perintah Serangan
24 Juli 2025, 16:03
As a reminder, Polda Metro Jaya stated that the alleged defamation case related to allegations of fake diplomas reported by the 7th President, Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has been upgraded to the investigation stage.
The decision to increase the status of the case is based on the results of a case conducted by the State Security Sub-Directorate (Kamneg) on Thursday, July 10.
This case stems from an official report submitted directly by President Jokowi to the Polda Metro Jaya. He reported the parties who accused him of using fake diplomas as a form of defamation.
The report refers to a number of articles in the Criminal Code (KUHP), namely Articles 310 and 311 concerning defamation. In addition, investigators also apply Article 27A, Article 32, and Article 35 of the Electronic Information and Transaction Law (UU ITE).
The English, Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, and French versions are automatically generated by the AI. So there may still be inaccuracies in translating, please always see Indonesian as our main language. (system supported by DigitalSiber.id)
