“The action in the house of Mahfud MD is not my responsibility, because it is without coordination with me.”

PAMEKASAN, KOMPAS.com – The mob that surrounded the residence of the Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Mahfud MD in Pamekasan, acting on his behalf as the Islamic Community of Pamekasan Madura.

Before besieging the house of Mahfud MD, the mob organized an action in the Pamekasan Police.

The coordinator of the Muslim mass of Pamekasan Madura, Saifuddin, did not want to be responsible for the action that took place in the house of the Coordinating Minister of Political, Legal and Security Affairs Mahfud MD.

“It is true that those who were in the action yesterday were the coordinators of the Police (Pamekasan). However, the follow-up action at the house of Mahfud MD was not my responsibility, because there was no coordination with me,” Saifuddin said when was contacted on Friday (4/12/2020).

Saifuddin immediately returned home after taking action at the Pamekasan Police on Tuesday (12/1/2020). After that, he admitted that he never left the house.

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At that time, the follow-up action after the demonstration at the Pamekasan Police was no longer his responsibility.

According to him, all the protesters returned to their respective areas after the Pamekasan Police rally.

He added that the action at the residence of Mahfud MD was a massive initiative.

Saifudin also did not know that the two participants in the action had been questioned by the police.

Although it is not his responsibility, Saifuddin will find out who the police questioned the participants in the action.

“Although it is not my responsibility, I will find out who the two people questioned by the police are,” he said.

Meanwhile, Pamekasan Police Chief AKBP Apip Ginanjar remains silent on the case of the siege of Mahfud MD’s residence.

Apip declined to comment even though it had been repeatedly confirmed, for example by phone and text messages.

Apip was also unwilling to provide information about the case when it was received at his office.

Earlier, earlier, the masses held a demonstration in the Pamekasan Police. They asked the police not to arrest Rizieq Shihab.

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On the way home from the demonstration, they continued the action in front of Mahfud MD’s residence in Pamekasan.

They surrounded and shouted in front of the house occupied by Mahfud MD’s mother.

The masses were offended by Mahfud MD’s statements about Rizieq Shihab.

“The issue raised in the action was related to Rizieq Syihab’s summons to Polda Metro Jaya,” said East Java Regional Police Public Relations Chief Kombes Trunoyudo Wisnu Andiko.