Police Still Studying Natalius Pigai's Report On Hate Speech

Natalius Pigai (Twitter @NataliusPigai2)

JAKARTA - The National Police stated that they were studying the reporting file against Natalius Pigai regarding the alleged hate speech case. The goal is to determine the next step.

"(The report) was received, studied by investigators, of course, steps were taken by investigators to collect relevant evidence to assess whether there was a crime or no crime," said Head of Public Information Bureau (Karo Penmas) of the Public Relations Division of the Police Brigadier General Rusdi Hartono to reporters, Wednesday, October 6.

If later it is judged that there is a criminal violation, the investigative team will start conducting a series of investigations. For example, checking the reporter until later reported.

However, if otherwise or no violations are found, of course, the case process will not be continued.

"If there is a crime, the process will continue, if there is no crime, the investigator will not continue," said Rusdi.

On the other hand, Rusdi said that so far there has been no schedule of inspections, either from the reporting party or the reported party. "Not yet," he said simply.

Previously, the former Commissioner of the National Human Rights Commission, Natalius Pigai, was officially reported to the Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police regarding hate speech. Natalius was reported for a tweet related to Jokowi and Ganjar Pranowo via the Twitter account @NataliusPigai2.

In that tweet, Natalius Pigai wrote a call not to believe in the people of Central Java, Jokowi, and the Governor of Central Java, Ganjar Pranowo.

In the report registered with the number LP/B/0601/X/2021/SPKT/BARESKRIM POLRI, the complainant includes evidence. One of them is a screenshot of the account's tweet.

In this report, Pigai is alleged to have violated Article 45 A Paragraph (2) in conjunction with Article 28 Paragraph (2) of the Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 19 of 2016 concerning amendments to Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 11 of 2008 concerning Information and Electronic Transactions and/or Article 156 of the Criminal Code and/or Article 16 Jo Article 4 Letter (b) Paragraph (1) RI Law No. 40 of 2008 concerning Elimination of Racial and Ethnic Discrimination and/or Article 14 Paragraph (1), Paragraph (2) of the Criminal Code.