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Jakarta Police consider suspending treason suspect Firza’s detention
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Islam Defenders Front (FPI) leader Rizieq Shihab speaks to reporters before facing police questioning at the Jakarta Police headquarters on Feb. 1, 2017 for alleged treason. The police also arrested a woman who allegedly had intimate conversations with Rizieq, and later raided her house in East Jakarta. (Antara/Akbar Nugroho Gumay)
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he Jakarta Police are considering a proposal to suspend the detention of treason suspect Firza Husein due to reports her health has worsened while in custody at the Kelapa Dua detention center in Depok, West Java.
“We are thinking about it. If we are to suspend the detention, it should be based on humanitarian considerations. We are monitoring the development [of her health],” Jakarta Police chief Insp. Gen. Mochamad Iriawan said on Wednesday.
(Read also: Police extend detention of treason suspect Firza)
In a proposal filed for her release, one of Firza’s lawyers said his client had been sick since she was arrested in late January.
Firza was arrested for alleged treason on the morning of Dec. 2, 2016, several hours before the start of a large-scale rally to demand the arrest of Jakarta Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama for suspected blasphemy.
Police released her before she was arrested again in January for allegedly “not cooperating” with the police in their investigation of the treason case.
Firza and several others are suspected of planning to use the rally to launch an attempt to overthrow the government.
Iriawan denied that the police had neglected concerns about Firza's health, saying that all sick detainees received appropriate medical treatment.
Firza’s first-term detention period will expire at the end of this month. According to the law, the police should complete a suspect’s dossier within 30 days after they are arrested. (Saf/dan)
