Naughty Thumbs Up SARA On Facebook, Harun Gobai Papua Is Threatened With 6 Years And A Fine Of Rp1 Billion

The perpetrator of the account owner of Enago Womaki Harun Gobai was arrested by the cyber team of Satgas Nemangkawi. (ANTARA News Papua/HO-Satgas Humas Nemangkawi)

JAKARTA - The Nemangkawi Cyber Ops Task Force arrested the owner of the Facebook account Enago Womaki Harun Gobai at the Ridje Camp Barak U mess at PT Freeport Mile 72 Tembagapura, Mimika Regency.

This arrest follows a criminal act of hate speech and SARA carried out by Harun Gobai. "The suspect has been brought to the Mimika Police for further investigation," said Head of Public Relations of the Ops Nemangkawi Kombes M Iqbal Alqudusy when confirmed by Antara, Friday, May 7.

Harun Gobai was arrested on Wednesday 6 May 2021 at 21:15 WIT. The investigators of the Nemangkawi Ops Cyber Task Force, continued Iqbal, continued to carry out digital forensic examinations of evidence.

"We also coordinated with the suspect's lawyer and expert witnesses," said Iqbal.

With his status as a suspect, Harun Gobai was threatened with Article 45 a paragraph (2) Jo. Article 28 paragraph 2 Law no. 19 of 2016 concerning Amendments to Law no. 11 of 2008.

It reads, every person knowingly and without right distributes information aimed at creating hatred or enmity for certain individuals and / or groups of people based on ethnicity, race, and between groups (SARA).

The criminal threat from Article 28 paragraph (2) of the ITE Law is regulated in Article 45A paragraph (2) of Law 19/2016, that is, any person who deliberately and without rights disseminates information intended to cause individual and / or group hatred or hostility Certain communities based on ethnicity, religion, race and intergroup (SARA) as referred to in Article 28 paragraph (2) shall be punished with imprisonment of up to 6 (six) years and / or a maximum fine of Rp1 billion.

The owner of the Facebook account on behalf of Enago Womaki previously posted articles containing hate speech, including on April 20, 2021 at 03:42 WIT. Then, the suspect's post on July 26, 2020 at 15:29 WIT.