Ahmad Dhani Defined the East Java Regional Police to Become a Suspect in a Hate Speech Case
CIDISS. East Java Police officially declared Ahmad Dhani Prasetyo as a suspect, the head of the Dewa 19 Band group was declared to have fulfilled the element of defamation for saying an idiot when he wanted to do the # 2019 Declaration of Representatives some time ago.
The status of this suspect is pinned on Dhani’s statement in his video some time ago that the masses who confronted him were idiots. Dhani’s statement came out when he was about to follow the # 2019 Declaration of Residence in Surabaya. Crowds gathered and drove Dhani out of the hotel. One of the mass organizations came from the Bela NKRI Coalition and reported Dhani to the East Java Regional Police. As a result Dhani became a suspect.
“Yes after the examination of witnesses, the Directorate of Special Criminal Crimes of the East Java Regional Police appointed Ahmad Dhani as a defamation suspect,” said Head of East Java Regional Police Public Relations Commissioner Frans Barung Mangera Thursday (10/18/2018). Trans said investigators had examined at least 3 types of experts to corroborate the statement that Dhani did defame. They consist of linguists, sociologists and criminal law experts. In total there are 8 expert witnesses who have been examined.
The video is viral through Ahmad Dhani’s Instagram account. At that time, he was in a middle position detained at the hotel because of the mass rejecting the 2019 Presidential Change declaration holding an action in front of the hotel. As a result, Dhani cannot join the 2019 declaration group. Change the President around Tugu Pahlawan Monument Surabaya.
While at the Maja Pahit Hotel, Dhani took the time to make a video which was then uploaded to his Facebook. In the video, Dhani called those who blocked him idiots. The article on defamation, according to Airlangga University Communication Studies Professor Henri Subiakto is not suitable to be imposed on Dhani. The problem is, Dhani did not mention someone’s name in the video, but instead refers to many people or groups of people.
By : Rikky S,*)
