Roy Suryo Asks His Report About Temple Stupa Memes To Be Prioritized, Police: Nothing Special

JAKARTA - Polda Metro Jaya has stated that it will not privilege the handling of the Borobudur Temple stupa meme case that resembles Joko Widodo's (Jokowi) face, whether Roy Suryo is the reporter or the reported person.

"There are two reports as the reporter and the reported person. So investigators will handle the report professionally," said Head of Public Relations of Polda Metro Jaya Kombes E. Zulpan to reporters, Wednesday, June 22.

"So there is no difference, all citizens are the same in the eyes of the law. There is no special treatment," he continued.

The process of handling the two reports is still in the stage of studying the files by the Directorate of Special Criminal Investigation. It has not been scheduled regarding the summons for examination or clarification to the reported and the complainant.

"There is no agenda for the summons yet. It is still being studied first," said Zulpan.

Roy Suryo through his attorney, Pitra Romadoni, reported three Twitter accounts related to the Borobudur stupa meme that looks like Jokowi's face. Because, the account is considered the party who first uploaded the meme to social media.

The report is registered with Number LP/B/2970/VI/2022/SPKT/Polda Metro Jaya. In which, the three Twitter accounts that became the reported parties.

Pitra asked the police to process the reports that had been made at the Polda Metro Jaya first.

Although his client was also reported by representatives of the Buddhist community. The report is registered with the number LP/B/3042/VI/2022/SPKT/Polda Metro Jaya, dated June 20, 2022.

"So that we don't repeat the same case. Our reports should be processed first, so that there are no mistakes and misunderstandings," said Pitra.