West Java Police Names Resbob Suspect of Hate Speech, Threatened with 6 Years in Prison
BANDUNG - The West Java Regional Police has named YouTuber Adimas Firdaus, known as Resbob, as a suspect in a case of alleged hate speech against the Sundanese people.
West Java Police Chief Inspector General Rudi Setiawan said the determination of Resbob as a suspect was made after investigators had enough evidence, including witness and expert testimony.
"This Resbob is a live streamer. From the results of the examination, his motivation to make hate speech is to get money or money from the audience during the live broadcast," said the Police Chief in Bandung, Wednesday, December 17, as reported by ANTARA.
According to Rudi, the suspect Resbob realized that the content of the hate speech he delivered had the potential to go viral. This condition is used to increase the number of viewers and obtain financial benefits.
"The person concerned knows that this content will go viral. With the viral broadcast, there are many viewers, many whower, and it brings profit," he said.
After Resbob was secured and brought to the West Java Police Headquarters, said the Police Chief, investigators immediately conducted a case study. As a result, the police officially named the person concerned as a suspect.
"After the title of the case and receiving input from investigators, we appointed Resbob as a suspect," he said.
In addition, the West Java Police are still investigating the possibility of other parties being involved in the dissemination of the hate speech video, including the alleged parties who participated in disseminating or re-uploading the content in question.
"For the possibility of other suspects, we are still investigating in the investigation process," said Rudi.
For his actions, Resbob was charged with Article 28 paragraph (2) in conjunction with Article 45A paragraph (2) and/or Article 34 in conjunction with Article 50 of Law Number 1 of 2024 concerning the Second Amendment to the Information and Electronic Transaction Law (ITE).
"The threat of punishment is six years in prison and can be increased to 10 years," said Rudi.