Police Ask the Public Not to Compare Roy Suryo’s Case with Other Cases

The National Police asks the public not to compare the handling of cases uploaded by the former Minister of Youth and Sports Roy Suryo soal The meme of the stupa at Borobudur Temple which was edited to resemble President Joko Widodo’s face in another way.

The case emerged as six Holywings staff were named suspects for alleged blasphemy behind the promotion of free alcoholic drinks for customers named Muhammad and Maria.

“There’s no need to compare this case to this case. Every case cannot be compared case by case, apple to apple“Head of Public Relations of the National Police Inspector General Dedi Prasetyo told reporters, Wednesday (29/6).

He said that the police investigators in each task force were aware of the difficulties or technicalities of the legal process that would be encountered in the field.

So, he said, the handling of cases between one another cannot be equated.

However, Dedi ensured that the Bhayangkara Corps would act professionally in dealing with legal issues related to Roy Suryo. The case has been advanced into an investigation, meaning that the police found allegations of criminal offenses in the incident.

“What is clear is that the investigator’s commitment will remain professional in the investigation process related to the reporting problem of RS (Roy Suryo),” he explained.

For information, a total of three reports have been received by the police regarding Roy Suryo’s upload. By the reporter, Roy was suspected of violating Article 28 paragraph 2 in conjunction with Article 45A paragraph 2 of Law Number 19 of 2016 concerning ITE.

Roy uploaded the edited photo on Friday (10/6). In his photo caption, he mentioned the plan to increase the ticket price for Borobudur Temple to Rp. 750 thousand.

He also said that the photo was the result of the creativity of a netizen or netizen that he found on the internet. Roy also refused to be called the maker of the photo.

Roy has deleted his polemic tweet and apologized for the noise. More specifically to Buddhists.

(mjs / ugo)

[Gambas:Video CNN]

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