“Our investigation had concluded that there are six suspects in this case. The first is MRS [Rizieq], who has been charged under Articles 160 and 216 of the Criminal Code,” Jakarta Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Yusri Yunus said on Thursday, as reported by kompas.com.

Violations of Article 160 on the incitement of criminal acts are punishable by up to six years of imprisonment. Article 216 of the Criminal Code stipulates a prison sentence of up to four months and two weeks for those found guilty of obstructing law enforcement.

Rizieq is once again at the center of public scrutiny following his return from self-exile in Saudi Arabia on Nov. 10. Not long after his arrival, the FPI held an event to commemorate Prophet Muhammad’s birthday and the wedding of Rizieq’s daughter in Petamburan on Nov. 15. The event attracted thousands of his supporters and drew ire from segments of the public. He was fined Rp 50 million (US$3,545) by the Jakarta administration for disregarding health protocols.

In addition to the controversial leader, other FPI members named suspects include the event’s head organizer, identified as HU, the organizer’s secretary A and the organizer’s security division head MS. Two more suspects are the organizer’s guarantor SL and the organizer’s event division head HI.

"We have upgraded the status of these six people from witnesses to suspects,” Yusri said, adding that the move came following an investigation by the Jakarta Police’s general crimes unit on Tuesday.

Police have summoned Rizieq several times for questioning regarding the alleged health protocol violations, but he has yet to heed the call. The crowds at the FPI headquarters and at Rizieq’s residence in Petamburan, as well as at another public gathering at his Islamic boarding school in Megamendung, West Java, prompted a police investigation into the alleged violations.

Since his return on Nov. 10, the police have put Rizieq and the FPI under close monitoring, a measure that led to the killing of six FPI members earlier this week.

On Thursday, the FPI recovered the bodies of the six members and returned them to their families for burial. The group denies the police version of events and has provided details that could point to ill intent among law enforcement.

FPI chairman Ahmad Shabri Lubis said in a statement on Thursday that the bodies of the six men each had more than one gunshot wound and that the pattern of the wounds suggested the shots had been aimed at the heart. Citing unnamed “experts” who were present at the bathing ceremony for the six slain FPI members, Ahmad said the men had been shot at close range, some from the front and some from the back, and that most of the bodies bore signs of torture.

“We are asking for prayers and support from all layers of society so that truth and justice can be served in Indonesia. Especially because this extrajudicial killing occurred so close to Human Rights Day on Dec. 10,” he said in the statement.

The police have yet to disclose the autopsy results of the six FPI members. The police and the FPI have widely differing accounts of the fatal incident that took place in the early hours of Monday at kilometer 50 of the Jakarta-Cikampek toll road, which reportedly involved several police officers and the bodyguards of FPI leader Rizieq Shihab, who were traveling in a convoy of vehicles on the toll road. The discrepancies between the two accounts have prompted calls for a thorough, transparent and impartial investigation into what actually happened.