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Police arrest ‘People Power’ rally instigator for alleged treason
The police have made their first arrest of a member of the Prabowo camp for "instigating treason" in calling for a mass rally that accused election supervisors of favoritism.
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Prabowo (center, in black cap and beige top) addresses hundreds of supporters during a mass prayer held on April 19, just two days after the election, at his residence in South Jakarta. (Courtesy of/Prabowo-Sandiaga campaign team)
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he Jakarta Police have arrested a member of the Prabowo Subianto-Sandiaga Uno campaign team and have named him as a suspect of allegedly instigating a rally linked to the Prabowo camp's efforts to delegitimize the results of the presidential election.
Eggi Sudjana, who is a lawyer and a National Mandate Party (PAN) politician, is the first member of Prabowo camp to be named as a suspect in the case.
The police have charged him with treason and spreading fake news in connection with organizing a public protest against the General Elections Commission (KPU) and the Elections Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) and accusing the election bodies of conspiring to committing election fraud in favor of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo's reelection bid.
The police served Eggi with the arrest warrant as he was about to leave the Jakarta Police station at 11:15 p.m. on Tuesday. The police then escorted him to the jail, where he is being officially detained for the next 20 days.
“I am, Insya Allah [God willing], an Indonesian citizen who is trying to obey the law. The police have decided to detain me for the next 20 days," Eggi said on Tuesday as quoted by Antara.
Prabowo has declared victory multiple times since election day on April 17, despite the early results of the quick count and the KPU's official vote count heavily indicating that the incumbent would secure a second term.
The Prabowo camp has even alleged that a conspiracy to benefit the incumbent existed behind the many poll administrators who died while carrying out their electoral duties, although official records show that they died as a result of poor health and advanced age.
