Police Summons Received, Journalist and Politician Aiman Witjaksono to Attend Police on December 5, 2023, Kompas.com

By Rizky Syahrial and Diamanty Meiliana for Kompas.com, December 3, 2023, 12:52 Local

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – Politician Mr. Aiman Witjaksono confirmed on December 3, 2023 he would attend police interview in response to a summons issued over alleged comments about the Indonesian National Police not being neutral in the 2024 election.¹

“We have received the summons, God willing, we will attend,” Mr. Aiman said, when contacted for confirmation on Sunday (3/12/2023).

Earlier, Mr. Aiman was summonsed to undergo an examination on December 1, 2023, but he did not attend. Director of Special Criminal Investigations at the Jakarta police precinct, Police Commissioner Ade Safri Simanjuntak, said earlier he had not yet decided whether he would forcibly summon Mr. Aiman if he again did not attend on December 5, 2023.

“Later, we will update again on our follow-up plans. Essentially, the team has given the person concerned the opportunity to provide clarification by attending the police,” he added. As many as six people made reports to Police about Mr. Aiman on November 13, 2023.

Mr. Aiman was reported to Police for allegedly breaching Article 28 paragraph (2), in conjunction with Article 45 paragraph (2), of the Electronic Information and Transaction Law² and/or Article 14 and/or Article 15 of Law Number 1/1946 Concerning Criminal Law Regulations.

Mr. Aiman was reported for allegedly saying there was an individual Indonesian National Police commander who was suspected of siding with presidential election candidates Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Mr. Prabowo Subianto and President Joko Widodo’s son Mr. Gibran Rakabuming Raka who are candidates in the 2024 presidential election endorsed by the Advance Indonesia Coalition (KIM) of parties.

This article is based on: https://megapolitan.kompas.com/read/2023/12/03/12521061/terima-surat-panggilan-polisi-aiman-akan-hadir-pada-5-desember-2023

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• https://megapolitan.kompas.com/read/2023/11/30/17371671/sebut-ada-oknum-polisi-tak-netral-pada-pemilu-2024-aiman-saya-hanya
• https://twitter.com/AimanWitjaksono
• https://aimanwitjaksono.com/
• https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aiman_Witjaksono;
• https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partai_Persatuan_Indonesia;
• https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dewan_Perwakilan_Rakyat_Daerah_Provinsi

1. As well as a long career as a senior national journalist, Mr. Aiman is reportedly currently acting as a spokesperson for the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) campaign team’s endorsed candidates for the 2024 presidential election, Central Java Governor Mr. Ganjar Pramono and Prof. Dr. Mahfud MD. See https://en.tempo.co/read/1803244/aiman-witjaksono-seeks-help-from-ganjar-mahfud-camps-legal-team-to-face-hate-speech-accusation. ↩︎
2. https://peraturan.bpk.go.id/Details/37582/uu-no-19-tahun-2016; https://web.kominfo.go.id/sites/default/files/users/4761/UU%2019%20Tahun%202016.pdf ↩︎