Indonesian police hold another case review on Jokowi’s diploma

Telematics expert Roy Suryo (centre) talks to journalists at the National Police's Criminal Investigation Department headquarters in Jakarta on July 9, after attending a case review pertaining to the authenticity of former president Joko “Jokowi“ Widodo's university diploma. - Antara via The Jakarta Post/ANN

JAKARTA: The controversy over the authenticity of former president Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s diploma has entered a new stage as the police launch a special review on the case and question expert witnesses who claimed that the document was fake.

On Wednesday (July 9), the National Police’s Criminal Investigation Department (Bareskrim) summoned Roy Suryo, a telematics expert and former youth and sports minister who has long questioned the diploma’s authenticity, as one of the expert witnesses for the case review.