Roy Suryo claims he was treated like a terrorist during pretrial hearing

Roy Suryo, a suspect in a defamation and fake diploma case involving former President Joko Widodo, appeared for the first session of his pretrial motion at the South Jakarta District Court on Monday. The motion was filed on June 22, seeking to challenge the legal proceedings against him.

Suryo stated that police arrived at his home on June 19 without proper authorization from neighborhood officials. He expressed distress over the manner of the police entry, noting that investigators entered his private rooms, startling his wife. He also questioned the detention of his security guard, who he described as behaving appropriately.

"I was treated like a terrorist or a drug criminal. This is just a defamation and slander case, and it hasn't even been proven," Suryo told reporters before the hearing. He argued that police should have summoned him for questioning rather than proceeding directly to arrest and detention.

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I was treated like a terrorist or a drug criminal. This is just a defamation and slander case, and it hasn't even been proven.

Suryo's lawyer, Refly Harun, indicated that the legal team would contest three key aspects: the search of Suryo's property, his arrest, and his subsequent detention. They hope the court will postpone the main trial proceedings pending the outcome of the pretrial motion, as is standard legal procedure.

Previously, another lawyer for Suryo, Abdul Gofur Sangaji, claimed his client was arrested without a warrant. He asserted that arrests should only occur after a suspect fails to appear twice for police summonses, noting that Suryo and another individual, Dokter Tifa, had consistently complied with police requests.

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The search, arrest, and detention.