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View all search resultsThe Jakarta Police on Wednesday raided a house belonging to Firza Husein, a treason suspect who allegedly had intimate conversations over WhatsApp with Islam Defenders Front (FPI) leader Rizieq Shihab, to seek evidence for two cases.
Witnesses summoned on Wednesday to testify about treason allegations implicating some political activists, including Sri Bintang Pamungkas and Rachmawati Soekarnoputri, the daughter of Indonesia's first president, denied accusations that they planned to commit treason.
Police confiscated several pieces of evidence during a search operation at the private residence of Rachmawati Soekarnoputri, the daughter of Sukarno, the country’s first president, on Jl. Jatipadang, Pasar Minggu, South Jakarta, on Thursday morning.
The Jakarta Police arrested politician M. Hatta Taliwang on Thursday morning for allegedly being involved in a treason plot along with other individuals previously arrested. The former National Mandate Party (PAN) politician was also charged with disseminating hate speech for allegedly exploiting the ethnic, religious, racial and social group (SARA) sentiments.
Treason suspect Rachmawati Soekarnoputri, the daughter of the country’s first president Sukarno, has denied the police’s accusation that she had organized meetings in her house with the agenda of committing treason on Dec. 2.
Historically, treason charges or charges of committing crimes against the state have been used in several contexts. One might still remember clearly how journalist Mochtar Lubis, among others, was indicted by the authoritarian New Order government in the aftermath of the Jakarta riots of Jan. 15, 1974.
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