Bandung Polrestabes Stops Australian Caucasian Legal Process Harassing Mosque Imam

Australian foreigner named Mchartur Brenton Craig Abas Abdullah was escorted by police officers before being presented in the release of a case of harassment at the Imam of the Al Muhajir/ANTARA Mosque

Bandung Police stopped the legal process of an Australian foreigner named Mchartur Brenton Craig Abas Abdullah who abused a mosque imam in Bandung some time ago. Bandung Police Chief Kombes Budi Sartono said the termination of the legal process at the police was because the victim had withdrawn his report for violating Article 335 paragraph 1 and Article 315 of the Criminal Code, following the suspect admitting and apologizing after being detained for four days. "Because Article 335 paragraph 1 is a complaint offense, therefore, we have stopped the article from us," Budi said at the Bandung Police Headquarters, Antara, Thursday, May 4. However, Budi said, because the suspect's actions had entered the realm of disturbing public order, the police handed over the suspect to the Bandung Immigration Office. "We will delegate the suspect to the Immigration Office because there are articles that have been violated, namely public order," he said. As for the withdrawal of the report from the victim, Budi explained, because of the confession of the wrong act and the apology from the recorded suspect, it was then completed with a statement signed by the suspect who claimed to be a convert. "Then because the victim feels fellow Muslims too, has forgiven and immediately withdrew the report of the article. Because the article imposed is the complaint offense and then it is revoked, we will stop the process here," he said. Previously, the police collaborated with Soekarno-Hatta Immigration Tangerang, Banten, to arrest Mchartur Brenton Craig Abas Abdullah, on Friday (28/4) night around 23.00 WIB.

Brenton was arrested because he was previously known to have spat on the imam of the Al Muhajir Mosque Muhammad Basri Anwar in Sekejati, Buah Batu, Bandung City, West Java.