Roy Suryo Will Be Examined About Alleged Hate Speech, Case Reported By GP Ansor

Roy Suryo (Rizky Adytia / VOI)

JAKARTA - Polda Metro Jaya said it would summon telematics expert Roy Suryo as the reported person in cases of alleged defamation, slander, and hate speech. Where, the examination is a stage in the case handling process.

"If there is a report like that, the stages are like that (check the reported, ed)," said Head of Public Relations of the Polda Metro Jaya Kombes E. Zulpan to reporters, Wednesday, March 2.

However, Zulpan has not been able to specify the time of the examination of Roy Suryo. This is because the progress of handling the case is still at the stage of studying the reporting file.

"While there are reports. Investigators will investigate later," said Zulpan.

The Youth Movement (GP) Ansor has officially reported Roy Suryo on suspicion 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 the Head of the Litigation and Non-Litigation Advocacy Division of the GP Ansor Central Leadership Institute, Dendy Zuhairil Finsa, Dendy Zuhairil Finsa. which Roy Suryo uploaded is considered not in full. 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.

Meanwhile, the GP Ansor report was registered with the number LP/B/1012/II/2022/SPKT/Polda Metro Jaya, February 25, 2022.

In the report, Roy Suryo is suspected of violating Article 310 of the Criminal Code and or Article 311 of the Criminal Code and or Article 28 Paragraph 2 in conjunction with Article 45 Paragraph 2 and/or Article 32 Paragraph 1 in conjunction with Article 48 Paragraph 1 of Law Number 16 of 2016 concerning Information and Electronic Transactions.

In addition, Article 14 Paragraph 1 and Article 15 of the Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 1 of 1946 concerning Criminal Law Regulations.