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Islands in focus: Police to grill FPI leader over degrading remarks
BANDUNG: The West Java Police announced on Friday that they would examine Muhammad Rizieq Shihab, patron of the Islam Defenderâs Front (FPI), in response to a report of his alleged harassment of local customs and culture
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ANDUNG: The West Java Police announced on Friday that they would examine Muhammad Rizieq Shihab, patron of the Islam Defender's Front (FPI), in response to a report of his alleged harassment of local customs and culture.
The report, filed on Tuesday by the Siliwangi Youth Movement (AMS), accused Rizieq of making harassing jokes when delivering a sermon in Purwakarta, West Java, on Nov. 13. The organization said Rizieq changed the Sundanese greeting sampurasun into the phonetically similar campur racun (mixed with poison).
'Certainly [he will be examined],' spokesperson for the West Java Police Sr. Comr. Sulistio Pudjo said as quoted by tempo.co on Friday, adding that the special crimes directorate's investigative team would first examine witnesses. AMS accused Rizieq of violating Article 28 of the 2008 Electronic Information and Transactions (ITE) Law for harassing the nation's customs and culture.
In footage uploaded to YouTube, Rizieq uttered the joke at the beginning of the sermon. He yelled the greeting three times and was greeted back by his congregation with laughter and applause.
