TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The lawyer of Islamic Defenders Front leader Rizieq Shihab, Kapitra Ampera, stated that the alleged vulgar conversation between Rizieq Syihab and Firza Husein is considered as a smear against his client.
“It’s a slander, a vile one. [Rizie Syihab] has a family,” he said on Saturday, February 4, 2017.
According to Kapitra, Rizieq is aware that this incident is an effort to subdue him. “This is a character assassination attempt, to make his followers would distrust him,” he said, “This is a criminalization against Habib Rizieq.”
Rizieq Syihab has been reported to the police by a number of individuals and groups. The cases he is accused of include defamation, hate speech, and the desecration against Pancasila. Kapitra reckons that the number of legal cases his client is involved in has been politicized.
The latest police report made against Rizieq came from the Anti-Pornography Student Alliance on Monday, January 30, 2017. The alliance reported on the pornographic content that involves Rizieq Syihab with the chairman of the Yayasan Solidaritas Sahabat Cendana, Firza Husein.
According to Kapitra, Firza is also a victim in this case. Firza’s relatives and legal team have also denied her involvement and had suggested that the pictures were manipulated.
REZKI ALVIONITASARI