Rizieq Shihab will attend the session in the East Jakarta District Court, 1985 Polri-TNI personnel deployed.

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – A total of 1,985 Polri and TNI personnel will be deployed to monitor the trial of former Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) leader Rizieq Shihab.

Rizieq’s trial will take place face-to-face in the East Jakarta (PN) District Court on Friday (3/26/2021).

“The force we have prepared is the 1985 staff combined with the test activities (Rizieq) disconnected tomorrow, “said Polda Metro Jaya Head of Public Relations, Kombes Pol Yusri Yunus at Polda Metro Jaya, Thursday (3/25/2021).

The police appealed to Rizieq supporters not to attend the East Jakarta District Court, considering the situation of the Covid-19 pandemic.

“The call for supporters not to come later until it violates the prokes, let’s just keep going,” Yusri said.

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Previously, the East Jakarta District Court Judges Panel, consisting of Suparman Nyompa, M Djohan Arifin and Agam Syarief Baharudin, accepted Rizieq’s request to be present in the courtroom.

Rizieq repeatedly refused to participate in virtual trials.

This was decided by the panel of judges in a trial that was held on Tuesday (3/23/2021).

The request was granted after Rizieq’s team issued a letter of assurance that there would be no crowds in the East Jakarta District Court when the Rizieq trial took place.

Rizieq also assured the panel of judges that his supporters would not be present at the East Jakarta District Court.

The panel of judges previously admitted that they were concerned that the masses of Rizieq supporters would visit the East Jakarta District Court if the trial was to take place. disconnected.

This condition has the potential for transmission of Covid-19.

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The judge immediately granted the request for a face-to-face hearing for two things at once.

First, case number 222 / Pid.B / 2021 / PN.Jkt.Tim related to the crowd case in Petamburan, central Jakarta.

Then case 226 / Pid.B / 2021 / PN.Jkt.Tim was related to cases of crowds and violations of health protocols in Megamendung Bogor, West Java.

With this request granted, Rizieq in the next trial will no longer attend the virtual trial of the Police Criminal Investigation Detention Center.

You can immediately attend Jakarta Central District Court as ordered by the judge.