Roy Suryo Files Second Pre-Trial Motion, Requests Judge to Declare Suspect Status Invalid

Roy Suryo, a suspect in an alleged defamation and slander case concerning the authenticity of 7th Indonesian President Joko Widodo’s (Jokowi) diploma, has requested the South Jakarta District Court judge to grant his second pre-trial motion. His legal counsel, Refly Harun, presented the petition during a hearing on Friday, asking the court to fully grant the motion.

The petition requests the judge to declare the suspect designation against Roy Suryo under Article 32 paragraph (1) of the Electronic Information and Transactions Law (UU ITE) as unlawful. The legal team argues the designation, based on a decree dated 7 November 2025, violated Constitutional Court Decision Number 21/PUU-XII/2014 dated 28 April 2015, in conjunction with Article 184 paragraph (1) of the old Criminal Procedure Code (KUHAP).

Furthermore, the motion seeks to invalidate the entire investigation process, including multiple investigation orders issued by the Metro Jaya Police’s Directorate of General Criminal Investigation between July 2025 and March 2026. The petition also demands the restoration of Roy Suryo’s dignity and reputation, and requests the judge to order the relevant parties not to violate the new Criminal Procedure Code.

This second pre-trial hearing, presided over by Single Judge I Ketut Darpawan, comes after a previous partial victory for Roy Suryo. In the earlier ruling, the judge declared the search, arrest, and detention conducted by the Metro Jaya Police as invalid, but rejected the request to invalidate the investigation file and to prevent prosecutors from issuing a detention order, stating those matters were outside the pre-trial court’s authority.