Netizens' Sympathy Flows For The Woman Who Apologizes For Admitting She Was Harassed By Gofar Hilman

JAKARTA - Eight months ago, the alleged case of sexual harassment by Gofar Hilman, to a woman with the Twitter account @quweenjojo, caused a stir in the virtual world because it was trending on Twitter and gained the sympathy of netizens. This even made Gofar slump and think again about becoming a content creator.

At that time, the @quweenjojo account tweeted that he was a victim of sexual harassment by Gofar. Instantly, netizens gave full support to him to fight and on the contrary, Gofar actually received negative accusations from the public.

Now, the woman, known as Hafsyarina Sufa Rebowo or familiarly called Syerin, suddenly appears to clarify that her accusations against Gofar eight months ago were not true. He uploaded a short video on his Twitter account while apologizing to Gofar and the Indonesian people.

"I, Hafsyarina Sufa Rebowo or Syerin want to apologize to Gofar Hilman, Gofar Hilman's extended family, and the wider community for my upload on June 8, 2021 on the Twitter account @quweenjojo, which accuses Abdul Gofar Hilman of sexually harassing me," he wrote. account @qweenjojo as a caption in the video on Friday, February 11.

Syerin, who is accompanied by her parents in the video, also explained that her accusations were only based on delusions and imagination. Plus he was under the influence of alcohol at the time of the incident on August 19, 2018.

"Those are untrue accusations, made based on my delusions and imagination. The incident of harassment actually didn't exist. So Gofar's sexual harassment honestly didn't happen. To be honest, there was some anxiety after I tweeted that and wanted to apologize to Gofar Hilman because it's already done," he said.

When this case emerged, Gofar had time to contemplate for 2 weeks because he wanted to take the case seriously. He emphatically denied the accusations and tried to resolve it in an amicable way. However, attempts to communicate to the victim were never successful.

"Once again I emphasize, I did not do this. And my words can be accounted for. Every effort has been made, from collecting videos, photos, and witnesses. From all of that I do not see any involvement in the accusations," said Gofar via uploaded on Gofar Hilman's Youtube account on June 24, 2021.

Syerin did not expect her tweet to become a victim of sexual harassment by Gofar Hilman to go viral. He was confused and did not think that the reaction of the netizens could be that big to him.

Now he is very sorry and this experience is expected to be a lesson in itself for him. "For that, I, as well as my parents, apologize profusely to Gofar and his family, as well as all parties who feel aggrieved for the mistakes I have made. I have learned a lot from this mistake. sorry and thank you," concluded Syerin.

On the other hand, the appearance of Syerin's video also stole the attention of netizens who associated it with the Light Copy. The film was widely discussed because of the alleged perpetrators of sexual harassment who were involved in making it so that it became trending on Twitter.

Netizens continue to support Syerin and her parents, some even suspect that the video is the result of pressure from certain parties.

"It's like the film Copying Cahaya, isn't it, draining closes burying, draining closes burying. In the end, victims of sexual harassment are forced to remain silent and bury their stories," wrote @HanienNia

"Sorry, madam, I doubt your clarification, the way he talks is like reading a text," said @Syahdanfadhilh

"Hopefully the sister is not under pressure... may God bless all sexual victims who are forced or forced to keep their mouths shut. Amen," said @bisadiemndak

"It's under pressure," said @alfad_nur