Police Seize Five Sympathizers Of Rizieq Shihab For Surrounding And Taking Photos Of The East Jakarta Court

Rizieq Shihab/Antara

JAKARTA - The police have arrested five Rizieq Shihab sympathizers in the East Jakarta District Court area. They were arrested for being suspicious by driving around the court area.

"This morning we found one vehicle passing 4 times at the East Jakarta District Court. So we tried to identify it with our authority to check the identity of the car and it was suspected to be an MRS sympathizer and his friends", said the East Jakarta Metro Police Chief, Kombes Erwin Kurniawan told reporters, Thursday, June 3.

Not only surrounding the court area, but Rizieq's sympathizers also took several photos. So, allegedly planning something.

However, to find out the real motive, the five people, consisting of four men and one woman, are still being investigated intensively at the East Jakarta Police.

"We are still investigating our suspicions that the motive concerned was passing in front of the East Jakarta District Court and taking pictures", said Erwin.

Based on the results of the preliminary examination, they came from outside Jakarta. Apart from that, nothing suspicious was found.

"There are no (sharp weapons), they are from Karawang", said Erwin.

For information, Rizieq Shihab was sentenced to 6 years in prison in the case of a swab test result at the UMMI Hospital. Meanwhile, Hanif Alatas was sentenced to 2 years in prison.

Both of them are considered to have legally and convincingly violated spreading false news about Rizieq Shihab's health condition.