For Suspended Detention, Jerinx SID Ready When His Instagram Account Was Deleted

Screenshot of the Jerinx trial

JAKARTA - Musician I Gede Ari Astina alias Jerinx again requested that his proposed suspension of detention be granted. In front of the panel of judges, Jerinx stated that he was ready if the @jrxsid Instagram account was deleted for the sake of being granted the request.

“To strengthen the suspension I am also ready if my account is deleted, to ensure that I don't repeat the same actions. The jrxsid Instagram account can be deleted by the police, it's okay to strengthen the suspension if I am worried about repeating the same action again. I am ready for that, ”said Jerinx in a follow-up trial which was held online as broadcast via Youtube at the Denpasar District Court, Tuesday, September 22.

The lawyer said the suspension of detention was based on Jerinx's consideration as the backbone of the family. "The defendant is guaranteed not to run away and will not repeat the act. The defendant is cooperative, please also receive an official response, Your Honor," said the lawyer.

Upon this request, the panel of judges stated that they would consider Jerinx's petition. Attorney Jerinx in the trial also touched on the suspension of detention that had been proposed.

During this second trial, Jerinx responded to the indictment letter read out by the public prosecutor on Thursday, September 10. Jerinx admitted that he did not understand the charges because he did not listen to the readings directly. At the inaugural trial, Jerinx and his team of legal advisors opted out of the trial because they were protesting against the trial being held online.

Jerinx's statement that he did not understand the indictment made the panel of judges ask the public prosecutor to explain the charges at trial. Jerinx plans to file an objection or exception note.

Jerinx was charged with spreading hatred or hostility towards the Indonesian Doctors Association (IDI) through posts on his Instagram account. The prosecutor considered Jerinx's post about 'IDI Kacung WHO' to insult IDI.

"As a result of the defendant's act of making posts on Instagram social media in the form of images or writing tones of hatred, hostility or insult or defamation against IDI, so that IDI feels insulted and hated by some Indonesians and is harmed by the posting of this status," said the public prosecutor reading indictment in an online trial broadcast via Youtube to the Denpasar District Court, Thursday, September 10.

There are two Jerinx posts on the @jrxsid account in question, namely the posts on June 13 and June 15. According to the prosecutor, Jerinx deliberately and without right spread information that caused hatred or hostility to individuals or groups of the community, namely the Indonesian Doctors Association (IDI) in Bali.

According to the prosecutor, Jerinx deliberately made the post until it was finally judged by the prosecutor to cause hatred against IDI. Jerinx's character in Superman Is Dead (SID) was also mentioned in the indictment.

"The defendant deliberately made a post because the defendant knew the post would get public attention and was busy on mass media or social media and received various comments," said the prosecutor.

"Because the defendant is a public figure as a member of the band SID, which has quite a number of fans, spread throughout Indonesia and even abroad," continued the prosecutor, continuing the impact of the two posts on Jerinx's Instagram.

Jerinx was charged with Article 28 paragraph 2 in conjunction with Article 45 paragraph 2 of the Information and Electronic Transaction Law (ITE) and the second alternative charge, namely Article 27 paragraph 3 in conjunction with Article 45 paragraph 3 of the ITE Law. Jerinx and his attorneys did not listen to the reading of the indictment because they chose to leave the room after the trial was held online.