The Session Of Claims For The Meme Stupa Case Similar To Jokowi With The Defendant Roy Suryo Postponed Until Thursday

The situation of the trial with the defendant Roy Suryo at the West Jakarta District Court (PN), Tuesday (13/12/2022). ANTARA

JAKARTA - The West Jakarta District Court has postponed the trial, which is scheduled to read the demands for a stupa meme case similar to President Joko Widodo and the defendant Roy Suryo. This was decided by the panel of judges in a trial at the West Jakarta District Court (PN) today after the Public Prosecutor (JPU) Indah Kartika explained the reason for delaying reading the charges in court. "The postponement will be Thursday, December 15, 2022, hopefully there will still be time allowed by the panel of judges at the previous trial for one week from the last trial on Friday, December 9, please understand by the panel of judges, legal advisers and defendants," he said in the trial quoted from Antara, Tuesday, December 13 evening. Based on several considerations, the panel of judges granted the request and decided to hold a trial to read the demands on Thursday, December 15. Receiving the decision, Roy Suryo's legal team, Charles Siahaan regretted the postponement of the reading of the charges. In the previous trial, he said the prosecutor was very confident to read out today's demands. "Previously, the Public Prosecutor loudly said that on Tuesday he would convey the demands and we were ready to respond and attend them, but as we have followed, we try to follow them, basically we are all ready," said Charles Siahaan. Roy Suryo was named a suspect by the Polda Metro Jaya for uploading a stupa meme similar to President Joko Widodo on his social media account. He was charged with Article 28 paragraph (2) in conjunction with Article 45 of Law (UU) Number 19 of 2016 concerning Information and Electronic Transactions (ITE) and Article 156a of the Criminal Code (KUHP) on Blasphemy of Religion and Article 15 of Law Number 1 of 1946. After the process of submitting files and suspects Roy Suryo by the Police to the Prosecutor's Office, on Thursday (29/9), Roy Suryo, who is also the former Minister of Youth and Sports, underwent his first trial at the West Jakarta District Court (Jakbar) on Wednesday (12/11).