Buni Yani Said, Ahok's Video Cutter About Surat Al-Maidah Was Prabowo's Cyber Team In The 2019 Presidential Election

Buni Yani (DOC. ANTARA)

JAKARTA - The video uploader of the controversial speech of former DKI Jakarta Governor Basuki Tjahja Purnama alias Ahok, Buni Yani, made a shocking confession regarding the case that previously ensnared him.

Buni Yani said he was not the one who edited Ahok's video into 30 seconds when the PDIP politician quoted a verse from Al-Maidah's letter. Ahok's statement was delivered on Pramuka Island, Thousand Islands, Jakarta in September 2016.

"I actually never changed documents at all. No cutting, no changing documents, and I can't, I don't have the technical ability to change videos", said Buni Yani as quoted from an interview with constitutional law expert, Refly Harun on YouTube on Saturday, January 8th.

"That (article, ed) changing documents is actually really stupid", he added.

The ex-convict then judged that he was deliberately targeted by certain parties to stay in prison. "They were so stupid that they saw me as the source of the problem", said Buni Yani.

It didn't stop there, Buni Yani opened up the party who intentionally cut the video so that Ahok's statement was highlighted by the public and resulted in a massive mass action in 2016.

As a reminder, the mass action was carried out twice, namely the November 5 and December 2 action or known as the 212 actions. At that time, the masses, mostly clerics, demanded that Ahok be arrested on charges of blasphemy and blasphemy against the Koran.

"I need to tell you now. I have never spoken in public", he said.

"I remember 2019, Mr. Prabowo's cyber team cut it", added Buni Yani.

He did not specify who the person was referring to but he said the person apologized to him. "He (the Prabowo cyber team, ed) cut it to 30 seconds, he apologized to me", he said.

For information, Buni Yani was found guilty of violating Article 32 paragraph 1 of the Electronic Information and Transactions Law (UU ITE) in a decision at the Bandung District Court related to a video clip of Basuki Tjahaja Purnama alias Ahok while still serving as DKI Governor to 30 seconds on October 6, 2016.

He was then sentenced to 18 months in prison and later released from the Gunung Sindur Prison, West Java in early January 2020