JAKARTA - The public prosecutor (JPU) assessed the memorandum of defense (pleidoi) filed by Rizieq Shihab and his legal team contained only a speech. For prosecutors, all the content of the defense is subjective.
The response to pledoi from Rizieq was delivered by the JPU team in a follow-up hearing with a replik agenda.
"The defendant said the prosecutor of Uuum was manipulative by only taking witness statements from the favorable side of the evidence," said one of the prosecutors in a hearing at the East Jakarta District Court, Thursday, May 20.
"Basically everything that the defendant said in his pleidoinya was unek-unek and curhatan," continued the prosecutor.
For that reason, the prosecution team asked the panel of judges to reject the entire contents of the pledoi. In addition, the judge was also asked to declare Rizieq Shihab guilty of violating the Health Quarantine Act.
"Based on the matters outlined, we the public prosecutor in this case concluded and argued that the lawsuits that we have filed are appropriate," the prosecutor said.
Previously, Rizieq Shihab was sentenced to 10 months in prison for alleged crowding and violations of health protocols (prokes) in Megamendung. Rizeq was also fined Rp50 million subsider 3 months in prison.
Rizieq is considered in violation of Article 93 of Law Number 6 of 2018 concerning Health Quarantine or Article 14 paragraph (1) of Law Number 4 of 1984 concerning Infectious Disease Outbreaks or Article 216 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code.
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