The Lampung Regional Police arrested three people suspected of being the manager and active member of a gay-themed Facebook group in the Lampung region, who were considered disturbing the public because they contained pornographic content. The Director of Special Criminal Investigation of the Lampung Police, Kombes Dery Agung Wijaya, said the arrests were made after his party received reports from residents who felt disturbed by the existence of these groups. "Three people we have secured are suspected of committing criminal acts of the Electronic Information and Transaction Law (ITE) as well as pornography through social media groups," said Dery during a press conference at the Lampung Police Headquarters, Antara, Monday, July 7. According to him, the Facebook group in question has names such as "gay Lampung" and "gay Bandarlampung", with a total of 16,000 followers reaching. From the results of cyber patrols and investigations, it was found that a number of accounts were actively sharing content deemed to violate legal provisions. "The gay group is like the gay group Lampung and Bandarlampung. Related to this we carried out investigations and cyber patrols, then found several accounts containing pornographic elements, and arrested admin and members of the group," he said. Dery explained that of the three people who were arrested, one was acting as admin and the other two actively disseminated content that contained pornographic elements. In this action, the police also confiscated communication tools and related social media accounts. "They will be subject to articles on ITE and Pornography. Currently, the three people are still under investigation and are under development for the future," he said. Although they have known the number of group followers reached tens of thousands, the police have not detailed the identities of all members who are members. The investigation process is still ongoing to trace the potential involvement of other parties.
The Director of Special Criminal Investigation at the Lampung Police, Kombes Dery Agung Wijaya, said the arrests were made after his party received reports from residents who were disturbed by the existence of these groups.
"The three people we have arrested are suspected of committing a criminal act of the Electronic Information and Transactions Law (ITE) and pornography through social media groups," said Dery during a press conference at the Lampung Police Headquarters, Antara, Monday, July 7.
According to him, the Facebook group in question has names such as "gay Lampung" and "gay Bandarlampung", with a total of 16,000 followers.
From the results of cyber patrols and investigations, it was found that a number of accounts were actively sharing content deemed to have violated legal provisions.
"The gay groups are like the gay group Lampung and Bandarlampung. Related to this, we carried out investigations and cyber patrols, then found several accounts containing pornographic elements, and arrested the admin and members of the group," he said.
Dery explained that of the three people who were arrested, one acted as an admin and the other two were actively spreading content that was considered to contain pornographic elements. In this action, the police also confiscated related communication tools and social media accounts.
"They will be subject to articles on ITE and Pornography. Currently, the three people are still under investigation and the development process is being carried out in the future," he said.
Although they already know that the number of group followers has reached tens of thousands, the police have not detailed the identities of all members who are members of it. The investigation process is still ongoing to explore the potential involvement of other parties.
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The Lampung Regional Police emphasized that the prosecution was carried out purely based on the criminal element of spreading pornographic content through social media, without targeting the personal orientation of group users.
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