Rizieq Shihab: Polda Metro does not need to mobilize troops to pick me up Page all

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – The leader of the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI), Rizieq Shihab asked the Polda Metro Jaya not to arrest him, much less with an excessive deployment of troops.

“I ask the Polda Metro Jaya not to use excessive force. There is no need for a van. There is no need for troop deployment,” Rizieq said in a video uploaded to a YouTube account. Front TV, channel FPI Official, Saturday (12/2/2020) early morning.

Rizieq confirmed that he and his lawyer went to Polda Metro Jaya, on Saturday (12/12/2020) this morning.

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Rizieq will go to the Polda to comply with the interrogation summons for the violation of the health protocol in Petamburan on November 14.

Therefore, Rizieq assessed that lifting it by deploying excessive troops would only waste costs and energy.

Additionally, this collection could attract public attention and spark a crowd amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

“So I asked for the triumph of the Polda subway, so that there were no crowds, so as not to attract people’s attention, so that no third party would take advantage of my impulse to pick up to cause a commotion,” he said.

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

He admitted that he did not comply twice with the summons of the Regional Police for health reasons. However, Rizieq felt that he was not absent because he had sent his lawyer to the Regional Police.

In fact, on the agenda for the second call last Monday (7/12/2020), Rizieq said that his lawyers and investigators had agreed that he would comply with the summons on Monday (12/14/2020).

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However, Rizieq was surprised that the police had named him a suspect. Finally, Rizieq decided to hasten his arrival at Polda.

Polda Metro Jaya named Rizieq a suspect of violating the health protocol for the prevention of Covid-19, on Thursday (10/12/2020).

In addition to Rizieq, the Polda Metro named five other suspects in connection with the wedding ceremony of Rizieq Shihab’s daughter and the commemoration of the Prophet’s birthday in Petamburan on November 14.

The event had a large crowd and no health protocols were applied.

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Jakarta Police Chief Inspector General Pol Fadil Imran also said police would arrest the suspects.

The suspects were also prevented from traveling abroad.