REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA – The legal advisor of the defendant of blasphemy case Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (Ahok) denied wiretapped the Chairman of Democratic Party Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY). The team said what was asked in the eighth session of the trial only aimed at provoking the Chairman of Indonesian Ulema Council KH Ma’ruf Amin.
"In what date was SBY called? Then in what month? At that time we haven’t been the legal advisors (of Ahok), how could we tap?" said one of the legal team, I Wayan Sidarta, in Jakarta Metro Police headquarters, on Thursday (2/2).
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I Wayan said, during the eighth session of the trial on Tuesday, the team only tried to provoke Kiai Ma’ruf to talk about the communication between him and SBY. The team asked about the time of conversation conducted and was there any phone call.
“We might ask. Was there any communication on about 10:16 am? We could also change the question into ‘After or before the Friday prayer? The lawyer gave an inducement,” he said.
It was known that, during the trial of the blasphemy case, Ahok’s legal team claimed to have evidence of a conversation between SBY and Ma’ruf Amin. The team asked whether there was a request to issue a fatwa on Ahok’s statement which quoted surah al-Maidah verse 51 in Seribu Island.
Previously, Ahok’s lawyer, Humphrey Djemat, claimed to have evidence of communication between SBY and Ma’ruf Amin due to the blasphemy fatwa. "I said communication, there was a communication (between SBY and Ma’ruf,” said him on Wednesdey.
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According to him, the communication could be conducted in various ways, to be evidence in the trial. “Even if I said there was a person heard, it could be. So do not take your own conclusion. Did I say in the trial that ‘this was a (phone call) record? I did not. Why did it say a (phone call) record?” asked Humphrey.
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