Jakarta Satpol PP head Arifin said in a letter addressed to Rizieq that the latter had violated physical distancing measures currently in effect to prevent coronavirus transmission among the public. Arifin said Satpol PP held Rizieq, along with the FPI, responsible for not limiting the number of guests attending his daughter’s wedding, which also served to commemorate the birthday of Prophet Muhammad, in Tanah Abang, Central Jakarta on Saturday evening.

The event, he said, was in violation of Jakarta Gubernatorial Regulation No. 79/2020 on the enforcement of health protocols as well as Gubernatorial Regulation No. 80/2020 on the imposition of transitional large-scale social restrictions (PSBB).

“For such a violation, [Rizieq] is subject to a sanction in the form of an administrative fine amounting to Rp 50 million,” Arifin said in the letter, a copy of which was obtained by The Jakarta Post.

“We hope [Rizieq] is willing to cooperate on future events to ensure compliance with health protocols, so that the chain of COVID-19 transmission may be broken.”

The firebrand cleric has responded to the sanction, claiming that he had always intended to apply physical distancing measures during the event.

However, he said the overwhelming deluge of guests had made it difficult to impose any physical restrictions.

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