Polda Metro Will Determine Roy Suryo's Fate In The Vortex Of The Candi Stupa Case This Afternoon

JAKARTA - The Jakarta Metro Police will determine Roy Suryo's fate in the vortex of the Borobudur Temple stupa meme case that resembles the face of President Joko Widodo (Jokowi). Because, in the afternoon, a case will be held, both in the case that made him the reported and the complainant.

"Today it has been handled well (Roy Suryo, ed) as a reporter and the reported party will later determine which cases or reports can be raised to the investigation level," said Head of Public Relations of the Jakarta Metropolitan Police, Kombes E. Zulpan to reporters, Tuesday, 28 June.

The plan is that the two cases related to Roy Suryo will be held this afternoon.

The two cases include Roy Suryo as the reporter. He reported three Twitter accounts for allegedly being the party who uploaded the stupa meme in the first place.

Then, the case where Roy Suryo was reported. He was reported because his post about the Borobudur Temple stupa meme was considered insulting to Buddhists.

"Today, we will see later in the afternoon, we will update which of these 2 reports goes up for investigation," said Zulpan.

For information, Roy Suryo reported three Twitter accounts to Polda Metro Jaya. The report is the aftermath of the emergence of memes about the Borobudur Temple stupa being similar to President Jokowi's face.

Roy Suryo's report has been received and registered with Number LP/B/2970/VI/2022/SPKT/Polda Metro Jaya. The reported party is suspected of violating Article 28 Paragraph 2 Juncto Article 45 Paragraph 2 of the ITE Law regarding hate speech.

Meanwhile, the case that made Roy Suryo the reported party was registered with two police reports (LP). First, the report by the Chairman of Dharmapala Nusantara Kevin Wu. The report is also registered with the number LP/B/0293/VI/2022/SPKT/BARESKRIM.

Then, reporting is done to the Polda Metro Jaya. The report is registered with the number LP/B/3042/VI/2022/SPKT/Polda Metro Jaya.