Check Rizieq Shihab Today, Police Ensure Suspect Rights Are Enforced

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – Police confirmed that the rights of the leader of the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI), Rizieq Shihab, who were questioned by Polda Metro Jaya on Saturday (12/12/2020), have been fulfilled.

“In essence, he has given up his rights to eat and drink the prayers that we have already made,” said Polda Metro Jaya’s head of Public Relations, Kombes Pol Yusri Yunus, when contacted on Saturday.

Yusri explained that Rizieq had given him food, drink, and time to perform the noon prayers.

“The Dhuhr prayers have been prepared according to health protocols, food and drinks have also been prepared,” Yusri explained.

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Yusri explained that until now Rizieq was still being examined.

He was accompanied by his lawyer during this interrogation process.

Even before being examined, Rizieq had undergone an antigen swab test and came back negative.

The test is carried out by the police health team.

Meanwhile, Rizieq arrived at the Direskrimum building of the Jakarta Metro Police on Saturday morning at around 10:24 AM WIB.

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Rizieq stated that his party would continue the examination in accordance with applicable law.

“Today, with the permission of Allah SWT, I can attend Polda Metro Jaya to attend the exam in accordance with the current laws and regulations,” Rizieq said when he arrived at Polda Metro Jaya on Saturday.

Then he declared that all this time he had always been at his residence and had never gone anywhere: Mom.

Rizieq admitted that he had only been to Petamburan, which is the location of the FPI headquarters, and to the residence of his children and grandchildren in Sentul.

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“I am always at the Algokultrual Headquarters of the Islamic Internship, I never go anywhere. That is where I live, from time to time I go to Petamburan, I go to Sentul to visit my children and grandchildren,” Rizieq said on Saturday.

Previously, Rizieq had stated that he would attend Polda Metro Jaya through a video uploaded to YouTube Front TV on Saturday morning.

“God willing, tomorrow (today), Saturday, December 12, 2020, in the morning, my lawyer and I will come to Polda Metro Jaya,” Rizieq said.

In the video, Rizieq also emphasized that so far he has neither avoided nor fled from the police.

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Rizieq has never complied with Polda Metro Jaya’s subpoena on December 1 or 7 regarding the crowd case in Petamburan on November 14, 2020.

In the video, Rizieq admits that he is not present for health reasons.

However, Rizieq felt that he was not absent because he had sent his lawyer to Polda Metro Jaya.

As previously reported, Rizieq Shihab and five other people were named suspects by Polda Metro Jaya.

“From the results of the title of the concluded case, there were six who were named suspects. The first was the organizer of Mr. MRS himself. It is suspected that articles 160 and 216 (KUHP)”, said the Head of Public Relations of Polda Metro Jaya, Kombes Pol Yusri Yunus, on Thursday (12/10/2020).

In addition to Rizieq, five other people were named suspects, namely the chairman of the Prophet’s Birthday Committee and the marriage of Rizieq’s daughter with the initials HU, the Secretary of the Committee with the initials A, and the person in charge of security. , MS.

Next, the person responsible for the event, SL; and the head of the events section, HI.

“We will elevate these six people from the witnesses as suspects,” Yusri said.