Medan Farmer Who Posted Harassing Comments On KRI Nanggala's Crew's Wife 402 Demanded 1 Year In Prison

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MEDAN Imam Kurniawan (21), a resident of Tanah Enam Ratus Village, Medan Marelan District, Medan City, who was charged with harassment against the wife of the crew of KRI Nanggala 402 via social media, was sentenced to 1 year in prison.

In his charge, the Public Prosecutor, Endang Pakpahan, stated that the defendant violated Article 28 Paragraph (2) in conjunction with Article 45A Paragraph (2) of Law No. 19/2016 concerning Information and Electronic Transactions.

"Sentencing the defendant with a prison sentence of one year is cut with the detention period served by the defendant," said Haksa Endang in a virtual trial held at the Medan District Court, Friday, August 20.

In addition to imprisonment, the defendant, who works as a farmer, is also required to pay a fine of Rp. 100 million.

"A subsidiary of 6 months in prison," said the prosecutor.

For this claim, the panel of judges gave the defendant and his legal adviser a week to file a defense (pleidoi).

In the indictment of Public Prosecutor Endang Pakpahan, it is stated that this harassment case began on Sunday, April 25, when the defendant opened his Facebook application.

On the homepage of his Facebook account, he saw an upload (post) of a Facebook group account with the group name "Alliance of Coolies throughout Indonesia (AKSI) containing the words "For all coolie friends. For a moment, let's pray for the heroes who died in their duty to protect our maritime sovereignty. For the crew of KRI NAGGALA "Fair wind and following Seas, KRI Nanggala. Commence the Eternal Patrol".

"The defendant, who is a member of the All-Indonesian Coolie Alliance (AKSI) facebook group account, read the post and immediately wrote a comment from the defendant's own Facebook account on behalf of Imam Kurniawan in the form of the sentence, "When your submarine sank, it was my wife, who was if it is interpreted as having the meaning 'when KRI Nanggala 402 sank, that's when the wife of a member of the Indonesian Navy (the crew of KRI Nanggala 402 who had died) was raped by the defendant'," explained the Public Prosecutor in the previous trial.

Then, the defendant's post spread on social media. The post was read by witness Alwi Rosaini Manurung, who is a member of the Indonesian Navy Lantamal I Belawan. On orders from Danpomal, he reported the defendant to the Belawan Harbor Police for legal processing.

"Because the posts/writings contained by the defendant in the comments column are considered as actions that provide negative information to cause hatred, so that there is a negative response in the form of anger from the family and all members of the Navy who are in a state of mourning over the sinking of KRI Nanggala 402 in where the entire crew of KRI died," explained the Public Prosecutor.