MATARAM - The Mataram District Court sentenced a foreign citizen (WNA) from France, Ludovic Roche alias Ali, to three months in prison in a case of insult and defamation against the Head of the West Nusa Tenggara Regional Police.
The Chairman of the Panel of Judges, Lalu Moh. Sandi Iramaya, read the verdict which stated that the defendant was sentenced to three months in prison. The trial was attended by the defendant online.
"To judge, to impose a sentence of imprisonment on the defendant Ludovic Roche alias Ali for three months," said the judge as reported by ANTARA, Wednesday, July 15.
The panel of judges stated that the defendant was proven to have committed insult and defamation through information technology facilities against officials who were carrying out their duties legally.
The act was proven as charged by the public prosecutor based on Article 433 paragraph (1) of Law Number 1 of 2023 concerning the Criminal Code (KUHP).
Based on the verdict, the defendant stated that he accepted the verdict. Meanwhile, the public prosecutor is still considering to determine the next legal action.
Previously, the public prosecutor demanded the defendant a prison sentence of five months for being proven to have violated Article 433 paragraph (1) in conjunction with Article 441 paragraphs (1) and (2) of Law Number 1 of 2023 concerning the Criminal Code.
Ludovic, who is married to a woman from North Lombok Regency, was charged with insulting and defaming a police officer by spreading a video lasting about two minutes through his Facebook and TikTok accounts.
In two videos uploaded on December 29 and 30, 2025, Ludovic accused the then-NTB Police Chief, Inspector General Hadi Gunawan, of supporting the circulation of drugs in North Lombok Regency.
He also mentioned the involvement of the North Lombok Police Chief, the Pemenang Police Chief, and an investigator from the North Lombok Police Narcotics Unit.
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