Haris Azhar, Fatia Maulidiyanti Named Suspects Over Defamation

Saturday, 19 March 2022 – 14:02 GMT+7
Haris Azhar and Fatia Maulidiyanti / Credit: Fransiskus Adryanto Pratama, JPNN

english.jpnn.com, JAKARTA - The alleged defamation case reported by Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan has entered a new phase.

The reported parties, Lokataru Director Haris Azhar and KontraS Coordinator Fatia Maulidiyanti, have been named suspects.

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This was confirmed by Jakarta Police spokesman Senior Commissioner Endra Zulpan on Saturday (19/3).

Zulpan said that both of them would be examined on Monday (21/3).

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Previously, Luhut reported Haris and Fatia over a video titled "There is Lord Luhut Behind the Economic Relations with Intan Jaya's Military Ops", which was uploaded on Haris' YouTube account.

The video discusses reports from a number of organizations, including KontraS, about the alleged involvement of military officials or retired military personnel behind gold mine plans that exploit Intan Jaya, Papua. (cr3/mcr20/jpnn)

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This news has been broadcast on JPNN.com with the title: Babak Baru Laporan Luhut Binsar, Haris Azhar & Fatia KontraS Jadi Tersangka