Police Arrest Account Owner @RakyatJelata98, Spread Lying Videos Including The Metro Police Chief

JAKARTA - Polda Metro Jaya arrested the owner of the @RakyatJelata98 account named Asyari Hambali (24). Perpetrators create and upload video content containing fake news.

"The person concerned created a Snackvideo account @RakyatJelata98. Uploading a video that is supposed to be suspected is a lie and can cause trouble in the community," said Head of Public Relations of Polda Metro Jaya Kombes E. Zulpan to reporters, Thursday, July 28.

The young man was arrested in the Rancasari area, Bandung, West Java on Wednesday, July 27.

Zulpan said the perpetrator had made several videos that caused trouble. One of them is entitled 'Three Officers Deactivated Next Fadil Imran'.

In fact, the content created by the perpetrators is only an opinion without any facts that can be accounted for.

"And the content of the video accuses several public officials and can cause hatred or hostility based on sara," he said.

From the results of the examination, the perpetrator admitted that the discussion material in the video came from the Twitter and Telegram accounts @OPPOSITE6890. The perpetrator also said the action was done to make a profit

"Then the suspect edited by adding a voice editor or voice by the suspect using a certain application. The economic motive, where the suspect is every uploading video post will get money from Snackvideo," said Zulpan

In this case, the perpetrator was identified as a suspect and charged with Article 28 Paragraph 2 in conjunction with Article 45 Paragraph 2 of the ITE Law and/or Articles 14 and 15 of Law No.1 of 1946 and Article 207 of the Criminal Code.