REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- When he was serving as governor of Jakarta, Joko Widodo (Jokowi) was part of the crowd of fans who saw Metallica concert in August 2013.
At that time, the metal group personnels hold the red and white flag. The flag has the group name and the city where Jokowi originated printed on it, 'Metallica, Solo Indonesia'. Sang Merah Putih was extended after Metallica performed "Seek and Destroy".
Jokowi's name also was hailed in the concert. "Jokowi, Jokowi, Jokowi," shouted the crowd.
One of Metallica fan, Evi, said she saw Jokowi at the concert. She was about seven meters from Jokowi who is now serving as president of Republic of Indonesia. Jokowi was accompanied by politician Ganjar Pranowo.
No one, not even Jokowi, filed a police report when seeing the national flag with "Metallica, Solo Indonesia" printed on it, until recently. The word "Metallica" printed in the red section of the flag, while "Solo Indonesia" was printed at the white section of Sang Merah Putih. The mass recalled the flag incident at Metallica concert since Nurul Fahmi was detained by Jakarta Metro Police. "This is an injustice and unfairness," Novel Bamukmin of Patriotrism Advocates said.
Nurul is a Moslem citizen who carried the Red and White flag with tauhid sentence written in Arabic, printed on it when he joined in a rally in front of National Police headquarter on January 16. He was not a member of the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) who initiated the rally.
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Nurul was reported by a member of Peace-loving society, Wardaniman. So far, the police have questioned four witnesses, including the witness from FPI who rallied with Nurul Fahmi and Wardaniman who filed a police report. Nurul Fahmi was detained on Thursday (January 19) at Pasar Minggu, South Jakarta.
Novel will soon propose the suspension of detention. He said the arrest was illegal because there was no arrest warrant during an arrest on Thursday. The arrest warrant was made while the investigator filed police investigation report (BAP).
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