Saturday, August 23, 2008
Rizieq Threatened Five Years Imprisonment
THE Leader of Islam Defenders Front (FPI) Habib Rizieq Shihab for first time followed jurisdiction process on
The Prosecutor accused Rizieq cause has been published statement to made FPI mass be abetment, misanthropy, and used violence approach to attack Ahmadiyah congregant and several activist from the National Alliance for Freedom of Religion and Faith (AKKBB) when happened incident in National Monument (Monas), Jakarta, on 1 June 2008.
Prosecutor using two alternative Criminal Code Articles 170, for ambush, and 156. Rizieq will be threatened five years and six months imprisonment. Meanwhile on the Criminal Code Articles 156, Rizieq will be threatened fours years prison punishment.
"Each sections are different punishment threat. Criminal Code Articles 170, juncto 55 section 1 subsection, Rizieq will be threatned five years and six month prison punishment. But, for 156 section, he got threatned four years punishment prison,” said Mustaming, public prosecutor after followed the jurisdiction process.
Mustaming added, there accusation are alternative section, and decision depend on the judge decision after jurisdiction process. “We just introduced two sections became as accusation as evident. That’s will see later,” he said.
In accusation prosecutor, Nurlini, The chief of public prosecutor said, Rizieq has abused of power by violence, threat, deviation, and given challenge and given facility to provocation others people to use violence and to attack others group by together.
She said, Rizieq must responsible for the FPI's violent ambush on activists from AKKBB, who were gathered at Monas on June 1.
She said, accusation based on several evident. On May 2008, on Al Islam Mosque, Petamburan, Tanah Abang, Rizieq has speech and provocation to wage war against Ahmadiyah.
Public prosecutor said four FPI members are Muhammad Subhan, Taufik Hidayat, Raflin, dan Fachrul Rozi was followed Rizieq’s speech.
"Moslem in right hear called to war. We are Moslem must fights with Ahmadiyah who was adopted deviate ideology so should be dispersed. Ahmadiyah is apostate," said Nurlini when she read prosecutor’s accusation.
When presiding judge Panusunan Harahap asked Rizieq whether he understood the charges, Rizieq said if he did not understand.
Rizieq said, he didn’t understand prosecutor’s accusation. "I don’t understand," he said. And then, Wahyudi, a member public prosecutor explained again, accusation for Rizieq base on 170 section, juncto 55 section 1 subsection KUHP that explained Rizieq has been provocation on 28 May 2008 in Petamburan to invite FPI mass, included Muhammad Subhan, Taufik Hidayat, Raflin, dan Fachrul Rozi, to used violence and attacked Ahmadiyah and AKKBB.
Rizieq said again, "I am not understand about prosecutor accusation used 170 section, and 156 section KUHP. So I realy did not understand prosecutor’s explain. I have rights to protect my self,” he stressed.
Rizieq also disagree. He claimed, never in Monas and never inviting anyone to use violence. "I am not understand prosecutor’s accusation,” he said.
He also disagree about prosecutor accusation who was explained Rizieq was threatned, deviation, and given challenge and facility to provocated others people used violence and together attacked others group
Rizieq claimed was not at Monas on that day, and if he charged for inciting hostility. “I worri, then the President, who campaigns against corruption, is also guilty of inciting hatred against corrupt officials!" he said.
Achmad Michdan, FPI Lawyers said, he confident if prosecutor did not have strong evidence to prove Rizieq's alleged involvement in the attack. "The witnesses are not a problem for us," he said.
He added the lawyers had filed a complaint over the Jakarta Prosecutor's Office's late request to extend Rizieq's detention.
The Jakarta Police, have been catched five suspects including Islam Troop Command leader Munarman. On the Monas incident, Police has been identified them. FPI members attacked the AKKBB activists at the Monas in
Beforehand, Police arrested some 57 members of the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) on early Wednesday in connection with the Monas (National Monument) violence last Sunday.
FPI has urged the government to ban Ahmadiyah for not following the mainstream Islamic tenets and for believing that founder Mirza Ghulam Ahmad is a prophet. Mainstream Muslims regard Prophet Muhammad as the last prophet.
FPI members attacked activists, leaving 70 people injured , seven of whom had to undergo intensive treatment at
FPI and other mass organizations staged a rally against the fuel price hike in front of the State Palace while AKKBB was marching towards the Hotel Indonesia (HI) Circle to commemorate the Pancasila`s anniversary. However, they met at Monas and the violent incident occurred.
Beforehand, several leader rejected efforts by FPI attack on a AKKBB. The largest Islamic organization Nahdlatul Ulama (PBNU), Hasyim Muzadi, said regrets the use of NU`s name and attempts to involve it in the furore over the Monas incident.
He said, after the Monas incident, many parties - both within and outside NU - were trying to drag NU into the case in an effort to show strength. The parties even tried to involve NU in physical clashes with the FPI.
Muzadi hope, this should not happen and must be prevented. Physical clashes will harm both sides. “We want to settle the Monas
He reminded parties who wanted to drag NU into the case such as NU`s youth wing GP Anshar , NU`s Pagar Nusa
Martial Arts Community and other autonomous bodies within NU to stop their provocations. He said both AKKBB and the FPI were wrong. The FPI was wrong because they had committed violence while the AKKBB was wrong because it had made the Ahmadiyah issue a problem of freedom of religion and faith.
"The Ahmadiyah issue is not a question of freedom of religion and faith but of defamation of a certain religion, in this case Islam," he said.
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono also have been urged authorities to take firm action against hardline Muslims who attacked a rally for religious tolerance at the weekend.
"I am deeply concerned with what happened yesterday afternoon. I condemn strongly the attackers that caused injury to our people," said Yudhoyono. "Our country is bound by the law and constitution and is not a country that supports violent acts. In regard to this incident, the law must be upheld."
M. Yamin Panca Setia
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