Indonesian Youth Congress Calls GP Ansor Does Not Have Legal Standing Roy Suryo's Complaint To Police

Roy Suryo (Capture Twitter @KRMTRoySuryo2)

JAKARTA - The Indonesian Youth Congress considered that the report submitted by the Youth Movement (GP) Ansor to telematics expert Roy Suryo was premature. GP Ansor does not have the legal standing to report defamation and/or slander as stipulated in the 3 ministerial decree.

"It should be a direct victim," said the President of the Indonesian Youth Congress

Pitra Romadoni in an electronic message received by VOI, Friday, February 25.

Pitra Romadoni added that the accusation of hate speech addressed to Roy Suryo was unfounded. This can be proven by the steps or legal efforts taken by the former Democratic Party politician to the authorities regarding the controversial statement by the Minister of Religion Yaqut Cholil Qoumas.

Furthermore, the accusation of transmitting someone else's electronic data without permission is also inappropriate. Because, continued Pitra, electronic data in the form of videos questioned by the complainant had circulated on various social and electronic media. "So there is no reason to call it without a permit because it has become public consumption," he asserted.

Pitra also wondered why Roy Suryo's tweet on February 23 was used as evidence by the reporter. In a tweet, Roy Suryo questioned the widespread coverage of the Minister of Religion.

"It starts with the word 'what' and ends with a question mark. So the reporter should be careful in analyzing the allegations of evidence," he explained.

However, Pitra still respects the report. Roy Suryo is certain to never stop voicing the aspirations of the people. "We declare that we will deal with all forms of silencing efforts constitutionally in accordance with the provisions of the applicable law," he said.

The Youth Movement (GP) Ansor has officially reported the telematics and informatics expert Roy Suryo on suspicions of defamation, slander, and hate speech to the Polda Metro Jaya. The report was related to Roy Suryo's tweet which included a video statement from the Minister of Religion Yaqut Cholil Qoumas.

"We have reported several articles, including the ITE Law, the Criminal Code, and the articles of mischief. The reports have been received," said Head of the Litigation and Non-Litigation Advocacy Division of the GP Ansor Central Leadership Institute, Dendy Zuhairil Finsa, Dendy Zuhairil Finsa, to reporters, Friday, February 25.

In addition, the video uploaded by Roy Suryo is considered incomplete. The video was judged to be causing trouble.

"First, there is the matter of the video content in which he (Roy Suryo, ed) tweeted the original video from the television media which was only cut in pieces. It is a strong assumption that people make noise with each other, be hostile to each other between individuals and groups," said Dendy.

Therefore, Dendy questioned the origin of the video uploaded by Roy Suryo in his cuitam on Twitter. Moreover, the Minister of Religion Yaqut Cholil Qoumas has straightened out his statement which analogizes the call to prayer from a loudspeaker by exemplifying the barking of a dog.

"Where did he (Roy Suryo) get the video from? If the original has the rights to the video. That, right, there is a law, about photos, videos like that," said Dendy.