Richard Lee Detained, Impeding Investigation and Going Live on TikTok
Jakarta, Kompas.com – Doctor and owner of a beauty clinic, Richard Lee, has been formally detained after being questioned in his capacity as a suspect in a case of alleged consumer protection violations relating to his beauty products, on Friday (6 March 2026).
‘The suspect DRL was detained at 21:50 WIB at the Metro Jaya Police detention facility,’ said Kombes Pol Budi Hermanto, Head of Public Relations for the Metro Jaya Police, to Kompas.com, on Friday. Before detention, Richard underwent questioning from 13:00 to 17:00. During the examination, Richard also underwent a health check by Biddokes of the Metro Jaya Police.
Budi explained that Richard was detained because he was considered to be hindering the investigation. Specifically, he twice failed to appear for summons on 23 February and 5 March 2026. In addition, Richard did not attend when summoned for additional examinations on 3 March 2026. ‘The suspect did not attend without providing information, and was suspected of being live on a TikTok account,’ Budi explained.
Richard Lee had previously been named as a suspect in a case of alleged consumer protection violations relating to beauty products and services. He was reported by a beautician, known as Dokter Detektif, to the Metro Jaya Police. The report was registered with LP/B/7317/XII/2024/SPKT Metro Jaya Police. The matter is now at the investigation stage.
‘We convey that the matter is already in investigation, and the designation of a suspect was carried out on 15 December 2025 for Mr RL,’ Reonald explained.
In this case, Richard is charged under Article 455 juncto Article 138(2) of Law Number 17 of 2023 on Health with a penalty of up to 12 years’ imprisonment or a maximum fine of Rp 5 billion. In addition, he is charged under Article 62(1) juncto Article 8(1) and/or Article 9(1) of Law Number 8 of 1999 on Consumer Protection with a maximum penalty of 5 years’ imprisonment and a maximum fine of Rp 2 billion.
Separately, Samira had earlier been named as a suspect in a defamation case reported by Richard Lee to the South Jakarta Police on 12 December 2025.