Bareskrim Polri Delegates Handling Cases Of Meme Stupa Of Borobudur Temple Similar To Jokowi To Polda Metro

Head of Public Relations of Polda Metro Jaya Kombes Endra Zulpan (Rizky AP/VOI)

JAKARTA - The Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police has delegated the handling of the case of the Borobudur Temple stupa meme that resembles the face of President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) with reported Roy Suryo to the Metro Jaya Police. So, currently there are two similar reports handled by Polda Metro Jaya.

"The police report that was reported at the Bareskrim on June 20, 2022, as of today has been transferred to the Polda Metro Jaya," said Head of Public Relations of the Polda Metro Jaya Kombes E. Zulpan to reporters, Tuesday, June 28.

Originally, the report that had been received by the Criminal Investigation Unit of the Police was the report by the Chairman of Dharmapala Nusantara Kevin Wu. The report is registered with the number LP/B/0293/VI/2022/SPKT/BARESKRIM.

With this delegation of handling, Zulpan continued, increasing the number of reported cases of the stupa meme. Because, previously Roy Suryo was also reported to the Polda Metro Jaya. The report is registered with the number LP/B/3042/VI/2022/SPKT/Polda Metro Jaya.

On the other hand, in the process of handling it, the investigative team has completed the administration of the investigation. Then, a number of experts came down to be questioned about the case.

"Investigators have completed the administration of the investigation and assignment warrants. Furthermore, they asked for expert information, including experts on religion, language, sociology, law, cyber, ITE experts, and criminal experts," said Zulpan.

Roy Suryo had uploaded a meme of a temple body ornament stupa with a face like a head of state. The photo was uploaded via his Twitter account @KRMTRoySuryo2.

The photo of the meme with the background of Borobudur Temple is given a narration that smacks of the government's plan to set the entrance fee for Bodobudur Temple at a high nominal.

"During the weekend, twit lightly. In line with the protest against the plan to increase the ticket price to Borobudur Temple (from 50 thousand) to 750 thousand which (as appropriate) was DELAYED, a lot of netizens' creativity changed one of the iconic open stupas in Borobudur, FUNNY, he-3x AMBYAR," wrote Roy Suryo in the description of his upload.

However, not long after, Roy Suryo uploaded a meme of the Borobudur Temple stupa which resembled President Joko Widodo's face. This post has been widely criticized for insulting Buddhism and Jokowi.