Legal Literacy - The Executive Director of Lokataru Legal Aid and Human Rights Office, Haris Azhar, and human rights activist Fatia Maulidiyanti, were acquitted in the defamation case against Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan. This verdict was read by the Panel of Judges of the East Jakarta District Court on Monday, January 8, 2024.
In its verdict, the Panel of Judges stated that Haris and Fatia were not proven legally and convincingly guilty of committing the crime of defamation as stipulated in Article 27 paragraph 3 in conjunction with Article 45 paragraph 3 of the Law on Information and Electronic Transactions (ITE Law) in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph 1 number 1 of the Criminal Code.
The Panel of Judges assessed that Haris and Fatia's discussion in the podcast video entitled "There is Lord Luhut behind the economic-military relations of Intan Jaya!! There is also General BIN1! >NgeHAMtam" did not fall into the category of insult and defamation.The discussion was a review, commentary, analysis of opinions, and assessment of the results of a quick study conducted by a coalition of civil society.
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