"Investigators have increased the status of HR from a witness to a suspect," head of public relations of the Jakarta Metropolitan Police Command, Senior Commissioner Argo Yuwono,said.Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Jakarta police have named the leader of Islam Defenders Front (FPI), Habib Rizieq Syihab suspect in connection with his alleged involvement in pornographic chats and pictures with Firza Husein.
"Investigators have increased the status of HR from a witness to a suspect," head of public relations of the Jakarta Metropolitan Police Command, Senior Commissioner Argo Yuwono, confirmed here on Monday.
He said the investigators of the Directorate of Special Crime Investigation of the Jakarta Metropolitan Police Command have conducted exposition of the case in dealing with the pornographic case implicating Rizieq and Firza Husein.
Argo said the police have discovered enough evidence based on the resuls of the exposition to raise the status of Rizieq as suspect.
"Certainly investigators have found enough evidence such as records of their chats and cellphones (used for the chats)," he said.
Police have earlier named Firza suspect in connection with alleged distribution of vulglar chats and photos involving Habib Rizieq Syihab (on May 16).
Police have charged Firza with violating Article 4 paragraph 1 in conjuction with Article 29 and or Article 6 in conjunction with Article 32 and or Article 8 in conjunction with Article 34 of Law Number 44, 2008 on pornography carrying a sentence of up to above five years in jail.
Right now investigators still have yet to question again Habib Rizieq as the person concerned is still in Saudi Arabia after conducting a minir hajj pilgrimage.(*)
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