Man Who Threatened To Shoot While Live TikTok Arrested, Anies: Hopefully He Can Be Developed And Alerted

Anies Baswedan with Muhaimin Iskandar/DOK Instagram @cakiminnow

JAKARTA - Presidential Candidate number one, Anies Baswedan hopes that the perpetrators of threats against him will be prosecuted according to legal provisions. He also hopes that coaching can be carried out by the Police.

"Hopefully the perpetrators can still be trained and realized that what he wrote could be dangerous and sent the wrong message to the wider public," Anies said as quoted from his written statement, Saturday, January 13.

Anies said this kind of threat could interfere with freedom of opinion. Thus, the arrests made by the police need appreciation.

Moreover, the police have moved quickly to ensure the safety of all citizens. "This is important because the protection of freedom of expression applies to all and against all," said the former governor of DKI Jakarta.

"Not only for presidential candidates or public officials but for all people," continued Anies.

As previously reported, the National Police arrested a 23-year-old man with the initials AWK in Jember, East Java. He is said to be the owner of the Tiktok account, @calonistri71600 who threatened to shoot Anies Baswedan.

"The perpetrator who has tweeted on social media about the threat of shooting one of the candidate pairs was arrested this morning based on information from the public and cooperation from the Cyber Crime Directorate of the National Police and the East Java Police Cyber Unit," said the Head of the Public Relations Division of the National Police Inspector General Sandi Nugroho at a press conference in Jakarta.

The National Police are still looking for the motive for the threat. However, AWK was declared not affiliated with other pairs of candidates in the 2024 presidential election after being questioned after the arrests were made.