Police Can't Detain Roy Suryo Suspect In Stupa Meme Case

Roy Suryo/DOK VOI: Rizky Adytia

JAKARTA - The police have decided not to arrest Roy Suryo in the case of the Borobudur Temple stupa meme that resembles President Joko Widodo (Jokowi). Although, currently Roy Suryo has the status of a suspect.

"Roy Suryo has not been arrested," said the Head of Public Relations of the Polda Metro Jaya Kombes E. Zulpan to reporters, Thursday, July 28.

But Zulpan did not specify the reasons behind the decision not to arrest the telematics expert. The reason is that this matter is entirely at the discretion of the investigator.

However, referring to the Criminal Procedure Code, not all suspects must be detained. There are several considerations that influence the investigator's decision not to make an arrest.

Some of them were cooperative, did not run away, did not destroy evidence, and so on.

"Investigators consider that the suspect, Roy Suryo, does not need to be carried out or the term is at the discretion of the investigator," said Zulpan.

For information, as of 22:28 WIB, Roy Suryo still has not left the General Criminal Investigation Directorate of the Metro Jaya Police. Because the investigation is still ongoing.

This examination is a continuation of the previous one. This is because the process of taking information, on Friday, July 22, had to be postponed.

The reason for the postponement of the examination, which lasted approximately 12 hours at that time, was because Roy Suryo admitted that his physical condition had deteriorated.

The examination took place at 10.30 WIB and ended around 22.18 WIB.

In this case, Roy Suryo was charged with Article 28 Paragraph 2 in conjunction with Article 45 Paragraph 2 of Law Number 19 of 2016 concerning ITE.

Then Article 156a of the Criminal Code and Article 15 of Law Number 1 of 1946 concerning criminal law regulations.