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View all search resultsThe National Police have ended their investigation into Sukmawati Soekarnoputri, the daughter of Indonesia’s first president Sukarno, for alleged blasphemy, police spokesperson Brig. Gen. Muhammad Iqbal said in a statement on Sunday.
The people who reported Sukmawati Soekarnoputri, the daughter of the country's first president Sukarno, told the Jakarta Police during questioning that the use of the words sharia, full-face veil and adzan in the latter’s controversial poem were blasphemous against Islam.
Sukmawati Soekarnoputri, the daughter of late founding father and Indonesia’s first president Soekarno, conveyed her apology to all Indonesian Muslims over her poem entitled “Ibu Indonesia” (Mother Indonesia), which is alleged to have insulted Islam.
A lawyer and a prominent Muslim organization have filed a report against Sukmawati Soekarnoputri, daughter of the late first president Sukarno, for alleged blasphemy as they complained that her poem contained insults to Islam.
Investigators at the West Java Police have handed over the investigation report for defamation suspect Rizieq Shihab to the West Java Prosecutor’s Office, expecting that the case can be brought to the court soon, a top cop has said.
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