The Impact Of The Borobudur Temple Stupa Meme Is Similar To Jokowi, In Addition To The Metro Police, Roy Suryo Is Also Policed To The Criminal Investigation Department

Roy Suryo (Capture Twitter @KRMTRoySuryo2)

JAKARTA - Former Minister of Youth and Sports (Menpora) Roy Suryo was also reported to the Criminal Investigation Police regarding the meme of the Borobudur Temple stupa that resembles the face of President Joko Widodo (Jokowi). In fact, the reporting party also represents Buddhists.

"I can confirm that there are reports regarding this matter," said Head of the Public Relations Division of the National Police Public Relations Division Kombes Gatot Repli Handoko to reporters, Monday, June 20.

The reporting party in the report was named Kevin Wu. He reported on the alleged crime of hate speech based on SARA and/or blasphemy against Buddhism.

Meanwhile, the reported party is the owner of the @KRMTRoySUryo2 twitter account. Because, the account that uploaded the meme to social media.

"The victim here, the complainant said, was an Indonesian Buddhist," he said.

The report was registered with LP/B/0293/VI/2022/SPKT/BARESKRIM, dated June 20. Then, in the report Roy Suryo was suspected of violating Article 45 A (2) in conjunction with Article 28 Paragraph 2 of Law Number 19 of 2016 concerning ITE and/or Article 156a of the Criminal Code.

Roy Suryo was previously reported to Polda Metro Jaya. The report was about the meme that the Borobudur Temple Stupa resembled 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 religious symbols. The Reported Party has uploaded an upload of the Borobudur Temple," said Herna Sutana.

This report was made because Roy Suryo's upload was considered to be insulting to Buddhists. This is because the image of the stupa in the meme has a religious symbol, namely, the Buddha.

The report against Roy Suryo has been 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.