TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Advocate and legislative hopeful from the National Awakening Party (PKB) Farhat Abbas underwent police questioning for the Ratna Sarumpaet hoax case involving presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto.

“[I was asked] to clarify what the report is related to, and what I am reporting,” said Farhat at the Metro Jaya Police headquarters on Tuesday, April 23.

The questioning, says Farhat, is a follow up of his report to the police on October 3, 2018. The report that he filed incriminates known political figures such as Prabowo, Sandiaga Uno, Fadli Zon, Rachel Maryam, Rizal Ramli, Nanik S. Deyang, Ferdinand Hutahaean, and Ratna Sarumpaet.

His police report was a reaction to the press conference made by Prabowo on the physical assault against Ratna Sarumpaet, which she later clarified her assault as a blatant lie. Farhat argues that Prabowo’s press conference is meant to harm public trust on President Jokowi.

“Prabowo must be punished similarly to what Ratna Sarumpaet received. This is to impose accountability on people who practice their right to free speech,” Farhat said.

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