JAKARTA - Since Epy Kusnandar's departure last December, Karina Ranau has often shared moments of visiting her husband's grave on social media. Although he has received a lot of support, not a few netizens have accused him of deliberately "containing" death for the sake of popularity.
"People might ask, 'yes you are wrong, why are you posting it? Why are you being censored?' Yes, it's okay, there is no law, no one forbids it. Unless I'm talking about someone else whose family forbids it," replied Karina Ranau in Jakarta, Thursday, May 14.
For Karina, recording moments at the grave is not to seek material gain. He does it as part of the process of healing himself (healing) for the deep sense of loss.
"I think this is a way of treatment for myself, especially for myself, as a treatment to strengthen me. It's like strength that I came there," he said.
He also emphasized that the content was not monetized at all. Karina does not have a YouTube channel and does not insert product ads in every upload about the deceased.
"I'm not looking for profit from my content at the grave. I don't have a YouTube channel, I don't make money from it, there's nothing. Or when I'm at the grave, there are pockets of endorsements or what, there's nothing there," he continued.
One of the biggest reasons to continue to immortalize the moment is the last message from her husband. Epy Kusnandar once asked that their family's small moments never disappear.
"I remember Papih's message (the deceased's call): 'the moment should never be lost, Bun, whatever happens. Even a little moment must be immortalized'. He always said that. So I immortalized it for myself," recalled Karina.
Karina admitted that she often watched the videos again when she felt tired of working at her warung. The digital memories became a remedy for longing when she was resting.
"Maybe when I'm tired of going home from work at the warung, when I'm at home after resting after prayer, I'll just lie down while watching content like that, like treating myself like that. I've promised to continue to tell whatever happens," he said.
Unfortunately, Karina's sincere intentions were attacked by irresponsible netizens who called her husband's death something to be grateful for. The phrase "Mampus he's dead" made Karina's heart broken into pieces.
"It's very painful, it feels like there's no meaning to all our sacrifices so far. You want to insult me, please, but this person really doesn't exist," said Karina.
Now, Karina has reported the account to the South Jakarta Metro Police. He hopes that no one will underestimate the feelings of the grieving family with malicious comments.
"Maybe for this person it's trivial, but it really hurts us. I want to teach this barbaric man a lesson. I ask the police for protection," concluded Karina Ranau.
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