Brenton Craig Abbas Abdullah McArthur is accused of assaulting 24-year-old Imam M Basri Anwar at al-Muhajir Mosque in the city of Bandung, 150 kilometers southeast of Jakarta, on Friday. An Australian tourist has been arrested in Indonesia after allegedly spitting in the face of a Muslim prayer leader at a mosque outside the nation’s capital.
The Australian is accused of confronting Imam Anwar at 3 a.m. after he allegedly became frustrated that the mosque was broadcasting Quranic prayers. In CCTV footage Mr. McArthur can be seen entering the holy building wearing a cap and dark shirt before approaching the Imam, bowing down and allegedly spitting on him.
Brenton Craig Abbas Abdullah McArthur Age
Brenton Craig Abbas Abdullah McArthur is 47 years old.
Brenton Craig Abbas Abdullah McArthur ‘spat on’ religious leader in Indonesian mosque
The Indonesian news website Kumparan reported that Mr. McArthur left his room at the Pringgodani guest house at 6 a.m., three hours after the alleged assault, before being detained at Soekarno Hatta International Airport that night. .
Bandung Police Chief Kombes Budi Sartono told Kumparan that police saw the video after it was widely circulated online and asked immigration to detain McArthur at the airport. “We immediately ask immigration to detain him and cancel his departure from the country,” the police chief said.
‘We will coordinate with Immigration and the Ministry of Religion to determine if any action has been violated or not. “They picked him up at Soetta [Soekarno-Hatta airport in Jakarta] and now he is here [at the Bandung police office] for questioning.”
The Australian embassy has been notified to allow a representative to accompany Mr. McArthur during his questioning. The Imam was in the pulpit holding his mobile phone near a speaker as it played recitations from the Quran.
“He was the guest of the hotel opposite the mosque,” Imam Anwar told local media. ‘He came to the mosque, then turned off the sound. He said something, but I don’t understand. McArthur later posted online after his arrest: ‘Stop crying all your racist tears.
“I’m a Muslim and this is just a racist threatening a bule [an Indonesian word for foreigners] and laughing like a coward.” McArthur describes himself as a “government punching bag” in his social media biography of him, who has repeatedly tweeted at Australian politicians, including Tony Abbott.
He has also directed Julie Bishop, as well as Malcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten, where he mainly talks about Thailand and human rights abuses.
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