Police Investigate Al-Quran Arson Upload Case, Facebook Account Called Owner Hacked

Head of Public Relations of Polda Metro Jaya Kombes Yusri Yunus (DOK VOI/Diah Ayu)

JAKARTA - A Facebook account with an upload of the Burning of the Quran is said to have been hacked. The account's owner, a woman with the initials F, was questioned by police and claimed she never accessed the Facebook account again.

"The owner of the account sister F came to the Police, conducted an examination did admit the account once belonged to him but since 2020 in October it is no longer active. There is suspicion indeed against someone," Metro Jaya Police Public Relations Chief Kombes Yusri Yunus told reporters on Monday, May 24.

The account owner claimed to have never burned the Quran which later appeared on his Facebook account. The account owner suspects one of the perpetrators behind the post.

"The team is again working to pursue the perpetrator because he feels his account has been hacked. Here's the initial description we got. Investigators are still pursuing the perpetrator there is an indication to someone, hopefully we immediately secure (to find out) whether this F information is correct, correct or there are other perpetrators who hacked the account in question," said Yusri.

The owner of the Facebook account is currently a witness. The police plan to call F for questioning at the Metro Jaya Police Station.

Earlier Police Chief Jaksel Kombes Azis Andriansyah said police had examined the woman suspected of arson. The woman claimed she was not the one who uploaded or burned the Quran.

He explained, from the alleged perpetrator's confession, his name was painted by the Instagram account @farhanah_santoso_245. "The account name has been checked, but the name is used by people," Azis said.