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        "id": 1706983,
        "msgid": "ferry-irwandi-criticises-kejagung-expert-potential-for-legal-misconception-1777402272",
        "date": "2026-04-29 00:32:03",
        "title": "Ferry Irwandi Criticises Kejagung, Expert: Potential for Legal Misconception",
        "author": "Joko Sadewo",
        "source": "REPUBLIKA",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Legal",
        "summary": "Legal expert Parulian Aritonang from the University of Indonesia has warned that influencers like Ferry Irwandi, who criticise the Attorney General's Office (Kejagung) based on media reports without full knowledge of the investigative process, risk creating public misconceptions about legal facts. He emphasises that true legal facts are only established in court, and opinions formed outside the judicial process do not constitute valid evidence, potentially leading to fallacies in legal reasoning. This critique highlights the dangers of media-driven narratives in undermining the integrity of judicial proceedings in Indonesia.",
        "content": "<p>Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Indonesia (UI),\nParulian Aritonang, stated that some observers or influencers discuss\nlegal cases solely based on news data. \u201cThey do not know the actual\nprocess by the prosecutors or investigators, which is also confidential\nuntil revealed in court,\u201d said Parulian. This was conveyed by Parulian\nin response to the viral video of influencer Ferry Irwandi. In the\nvideo, Ferry builds a narrative attacking the Kejaksaan Agung (Kejagung)\ninvestigators for allegedly being wrong in processing the criminal case\nof defendant Ibrahim Arief. Parulian said that opinion formation outside\nthe court is not legal fact. According to him, the legal facts\nconsidered by the judge are only those in the court process. \u201cThe\ndefendant and the public prosecutor are given the opportunity to present\nlegal facts and evidence, and the opportunity to refute in court; what\nis said outside the court is not legal fact,\u201d he explained. He revealed\nthat ethically, leading facts could result in incorrect legal analysis,\nor there is a high likelihood of misperception or wrong analysis from\nincorrect facts. \u201cOpinion formation that leads to defence should only be\ndone in front of the court, not by leading opinions through news,\u201d he\nstated. According to Parulian, if this public opinion leading is allowed\nto continue, there is potential for the Fallacy of law, or in\nIndonesian, sesat pikir hukum. He said there would be errors in legal\nreasoning or arguments that make conclusions invalid, misleading, or\nillogical. \u201cThis is a flaw in legal logic where the steps of drawing\nconclusions do not align with the correct logical principles,\u201d he\nexplained. He emphasised that true legal facts are those presented in\ncourt. \u201cAnd sometimes now judges take facts from outside the court from\nnews or narrators outside the court, not expert witnesses,\u201d he\nrevealed.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/ferry-irwandi-criticises-kejagung-expert-potential-for-legal-misconception-1777402272",
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