TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Defense lawyer of Sri Bintang Pamungkas, Razman Nasution, said that his client has been arrested allegedly due to his video that was uploaded to Youtube reported by someone.
From the video, Bintang is said that he would conduct a coup on the current administration under the leadership of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo and Vice president Jusuf Kalla. “I asked [him] what triggered your arrest. And then Bang Bintang said there’s this Youtube video,” Razman said, on Friday, December 2, 2016.
He further explained that the footage showed a statement delivered by Bintang himself at the Kalijodo Bridge, West Jakarta. However, the video has not been confirmed. “Whether it’s originally from Bintang or not must be examined,” Razman said.
He explained that Bintang was suspicious of the activities in front of his house before the arrest took place since there were a number of vehicles going back and forth repeatedly. But the police only arrived at his doorstep at 05.30 a.m. to conduct the arrest.
Other than that, before the arrest, Bintang had asked for the written notice to the police but he was only shown a Youtube video that was reported by Ridwan Hanafi. “I don’t know who this Ridwan Hanafi is,” he said.
IMAM HAMDI