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Lecturer named hate speech suspect after throwing accusations at Jokowi's inner circle
The Jakarta Police have named Alfian Tanjung, lecturer at Jakarta’s Prof. Dr. Hamka Muhammadiyah University (UHAMKA), a hate speech suspect in relation to a lecture he gave about the now-defunct Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) and Chinese Communist Party (PKC)
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Prof. Dr. Hamka Muhammadiyah University lecturer Alfian Tanjung speaks to the press at the Press Council in Kebon Sirih, Central Jakarta, on March 8. (kompas.com/Kristian Erdianto)
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he Jakarta Police have named Alfian Tanjung, lecturer at Jakarta’s Prof. Dr. Hamka Muhammadiyah University (UHAMKA), a hate speech suspect in relation to a lecture he gave about the now-defunct Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) and Chinese Communist Party (PKC).
“Yes, he has been named a suspect,” Jakarta Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Argo Yuwono said on Tuesday as quoted by tribbunnews.com. “We will summons him on Wednesday.”
According to the police, Alfian had spread hate speech when he claimed that members of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) and several members of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s inner circle were PKI members.
The lecture, given at Mujahidin Mosque, Surabaya, earlier this month, was uploaded and went viral on social media. The lecture saw him accusing several people of being involved in the PKI and claiming that a number of PKI members had led meetings at the State Palace.
Presidential Chief of Staff Teten Masduki then sent him a reprimand letter, asking him to apologize and take back his statements.
Owing to a lack of response from Alfian, Teten reported him to the police’s criminal investigation division on Friday.
During another lecture at Jami’ Saud Tanah Abang, Central Jakarta, Alfian claimed that a number of PKI members had “control” over the palace. (foy)
