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Police to question Ratna Sarumpaet in treason case
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Ratna Sarumpaet. (Kompas.com/Kristianto Purnomo)
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akarta Police investigators are scheduled to extract information from artist-turned-activist Ratna Sarumpaet on Thursday in relation to a treason case implicating activist Sri Bintang Pamungkas.
Sri Bintang was named a suspect in an alleged plot to overthrow President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo from power. The police charged him with treason based on two of his actions.
The first action was a speech he gave at an event held under Kalijodo flyover in North Jakarta in August and the second was when he attended a meeting with other activists at Bung Karno University in Central Jakarta on Nov. 20.
The police were investigating the content of the speech and were questioning witnesses to find out what was discussed during the meeting at the university.
“The witness [Ratna] knows what the meeting was like, [she] saw it and directly listened [to conversations in the meeting],” Jakarta Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Raden Prabowo Argo Wiyono said Thursday as quoted by kompas.com.
Ratna herself has also been named suspect of treason against President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo and was arrested by the police along with 10 other people, including Sri Bintang, on the morning of Dec. 2. Ratna was later released but Sri Bintang was still detained. (saf/evi)
