TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Pantas Nainggolan, head of legal and advocacy of Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama and Djarot Saiful Hidayat campaign team said that Ahok will attend his first examination as a suspect in the religious defamation case. The exmination has been scheduled to be held on Tuesday, November 22, 2016, at the National Police headquarter.
Pantas said that the team would not make special preparations for the questioning, since all necessary documents had been handed over to the authorities. Pantas explained, Ahok had expressed his commitment to cooperate with the police.
"Ahok has been very cooperative. Before he was summoned, he had already come to the National Police's Criminal Investigation Corps (Bareskrim). In addition, all supporting documents have been submitted," Pantas said in Menteng, Central Jakarta, on Monday, November 21, 2016.
Pantas added that Ahok would be accompanied with a legal team who were directly appointed by Ahok.
Ahok has confirmed that he will attend the questioning, and hence will skip the meeting at the team headquarters, Rumah Lembang. He usually greets his supporters who come to the headquarters every morning.
The National Police has questioned a number of witnesses related to the case, including Muhammadiyah Youth central executive board secretary Pedri Kasman, secretary of the Jakarta Branch of the Islamic Defender Front (FPI) Novel Chaidir Hasan Bamukmin, and former nun Irena Handono.
LARISSA HUDA