{ "success": true, "data": { "id": 1816066, "msgid": "khariqs-trial-in-edited-screenshot-case-related-to-august-2025-protest-adjourned-1782107612", "date": "2026-06-22 12:24:11", "title": "Khariq's Trial in Edited Screenshot Case Related to August 2025 Protest Adjourned", "author": "", "source": "DETIK", "tags": "", "topic": "Legal", "summary": "The trial of Khariq Anhar, accused of editing a screenshot of a statement by KSPI President Said Iqbal related to the August 2025 riots, has been adjourned until 29 June. The postponement follows the death of the presiding judge, Arlen Veronika. Khariq is charged with deliberately altering the statement using Canva to create a provocative and false impression, which he then published on his Instagram account.", "content": "

The panel of judges has adjourned the trial of defendant Khariq Anhar\nin the case of editing a screenshot of a statement by the President of\nthe Confederation of Indonesian Trade Unions (KSPI), Said Iqbal, related\nto a demonstration that ended in rioting in August 2025. The trial has\nbeen postponed until next week. \u201cWe will adjourn for one more week, we\nwill meet again on the 29th (June). The trial is adjourned and closed,\u201d\nsaid Judge Abdulatif at the Central Jakarta District Court on Monday\n(22\/6\/2026). The trial was postponed because the chief judge presiding\nover the case, Arlen Veronika, passed away. Today\u2019s trial agenda was\nsupposed to hear mitigating witnesses from Khariq\u2019s side. Khariq had\nplanned to present Ferry Irwandi as a mitigating factual witness. Ferry\nIrwandi, dressed in black, had already arrived at the Central Jakarta\nDistrict Court. In this case, Khariq is accused of editing Said Iqbal\u2019s\nstatement using the Canva application. Prosecutors argued that Said\u2019s\ncall, which originally had a positive meaning, was altered by Khariq to\nhave a negative meaning. \u201cThat after reading witness Said Iqbal\u2019s\nstatement, Defendant Khariq Anhar was disappointed and then, without\npermission, altered, added to, or reduced witness Said Iqbal\u2019s statement\non the digital media,\u201d the prosecutor said while reading the indictment\nat the Central Jakarta District Court on Tuesday (10\/2). \u201cBy means of,\nat 16:58 WIB, the Defendant took a screenshot of witness Said Iqbal\u2019s\nstatement on the digital media and then edited the screenshot using the\nCanva application, with several initial words or sentences blacked out\nand edited (overwritten) or retyped, so that it contained information\nthat did not correspond to the truth,\u201d the prosecutor added. The\nprosecutor stated that Khariq\u2019s actions made Said Iqbal\u2019s statement\ninconsistent with the actual situation. The prosecutor argued that\nSaid\u2019s statement, as edited by Khariq, created a provocative impression\nand had a negative effect from a security perspective. The prosecutor\nsaid the editing carried out by Khariq was done deliberately. The\nprosecutor stated that Khariq published the edited statement on his\nInstagram account named @aliansimahasiswapenggugat<\/span>.\n\u201cThat the act of Defendant Khariq Anhar, who deliberately altered, added\nto, or reduced the statement from witness Said Iqbal, was then\ndisseminated on the defendant\u2019s Instagram social media, namely the\naccount @aliansimahasiswapenggugat<\/span>,\nso that it could be seen and witnessed by all Instagram social media\nusers,\u201d the prosecutor said. For information, Khariq Anhar was\npreviously acquitted in an incitement case related to the demonstration\nthat ended in chaos in August 2025. Khariq was acquitted alongside\nLokataru Executive Director Delpedro Marhaen, @gejayanmemanggil<\/span> admin Syahdan\nHusein, and Lokataru Foundation staff member Muzaffar Salim.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/khariqs-trial-in-edited-screenshot-case-related-to-august-2025-protest-adjourned-1782107612", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }