Roy Suryo's Legal Team Optimistic Pretrial Motion on ITE Law Article Will Be Granted

The legal team for Roy Suryo has expressed strong optimism that the South Jakarta District Court judge will grant their second pretrial motion regarding his suspect status under Article 32, paragraph 1 of the Electronic Information and Transactions Law. This confidence was conveyed after the submission of case conclusions on Thursday (16/7).

Roy Suryo’s attorney, Refly Harun, asserted that during the trial process, the respondent, namely investigators from the Metro Jaya Regional Police, was deemed incapable of presenting strong evidence. According to him, there were no witnesses, experts, or documents proving the existence of elements involving the alteration, reduction, or destruction of electronic documents as stipulated in the article in question.

“Up until the final hearing, the Respondent was unable to present either witnesses, experts, or documents illustrating that the event as described in Article 32, paragraph 1 of the ITE Law occurred,” said Refly Harun at the South Jakarta District Court on Thursday (16/7).

Refly explained that the focus of this pretrial motion is to examine the validity of the suspect designation based on at least two sufficient preliminary pieces of evidence. He assessed that the electronic document which is the object of the case can still be accessed normally, meaning the criminal element in Article 32 of the ITE Law is not fulfilled.

Echoing Refly, another member of the legal team, Gafur, highlighted the absence of factual witnesses from the police. The presence of investigators as witnesses was considered crucial to test the relevance of the evidence to the applied article. Furthermore, the legal team assessed that the expert presented by the Respondent lacked competence in the field of ITE.

Roy Suryo’s side is now awaiting the final decision from the sole judge at the South Jakarta District Court. According to the schedule, the verdict reading will be held on Monday, 20 July 2026, at 13.00 WIB. They hope the judge will consider all trial facts objectively.