Even Though The Post Is Deleted, Roy Suryo Is Still Being Policed About The Borobudur Temple Stupa That Looks Like Jokowi's Face Because He Insults Buddha

Roy Suryo/DOK VOI: Rizky Adytia

JAKARTA - Former Minister of Youth and Sports (Menpora) Roy Suryo was reported to Polda Metro Jaya. The report is related to the meme that the Borobudur Temple Stupa resembles the face of President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) which was uploaded on his Twitter account.

"So today we represent Buddhists reporting the alleged criminal act of the ITE Law related to the issue of religious symbols. The Reported Party has uploaded an upload of the Borobudur Temple," Herna Sutan said to reporters, Monday, June 20.

This report was made because Roy Suryo's upload was considered harassing Buddhists. This is because the image of the stupa in the meme has a religious symbol, namely, the Buddha. Herna continued, although Roy Suryo was not the first person to upload the meme, but his actions are considered to have triggered the viral image. This is because the former Minister of Youth and Sports has a large number of followers on social media.

"The person in question has a lot of followers, this could not have exploded like this if it wasn't uploaded by people with a lot of followers," said Herna.

Reports against Roy Suryo are registered with the number LP/B/3042/VI/2022/SPKT/Polda Metro Jaya, dated June 20, 2022.

In the report, Roy Suryo was suspected of violating Article 156 A, 28 A paragraph 2 and Article 45 Paragraph 2 of the ITE Law.

Roy Suryo had uploaded a meme of a temple body ornament stupa with a face like a head of state. The photo was uploaded to his Twitter account @KRMTRoySuryo2. The meme photo with the background of Borobudur Temple was given a narration that teased the government's plan to set the entrance fee for Bodobudur Temple at a high nominal. "During the weekend, tweet lightly. Borobudur Temple (from 50 thousand) to 750 thousand which (as appropriate) is DELAYED, a lot of Netizens' creativity changed one of the iconic open stupas in Borobudur, FUNNY, he-3x AMBYAR, "wrote Roy Suryo in the description of his upload. However, Roy Suryo has taken it down The upload of the Borobudur Temple stupa meme that resembles the face of President Joko Widodo. This upload has been criticized because it is considered insulting to Buddhism and Jokowi. In his upload, Roy stated that the meme was not created by himself directly but by another account on Twitter.

"So that no one provokes it again & is considered 'editing' because of their misunderstanding, so I drop the post, case close," explained Ro. In fact, Roy also included the account that first uploaded the meme. ," Roy tweeted, including the URL of the uploader link.