Coordinating Minister Mahfud MD Continues to insinuate Hacker Bjorka

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JAKARTA - Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs Mahfud MD emphasized that there was no correlation between the ratification of the Personal Data Protection Law and Bjorka's actions.

"This PDP law is long-awaited. So it actually has nothing to do with data leakage. Because this was long before the fuss over Bjorka, it was passed in the Indonesia House of Representatives (DPR RI), just waiting for the plenary session", said Mahfud MD after attending the Public Discussion of the Draft Criminal Code at the Mercure Hotel Surabaya, Wednesday, September 21, quoted from Antara.

Mahfud said the PDP Law had been discussed for more than two years. In fact, the law has prepared regulations for the protection of personal data and implementing regulations.

While talking about Bjorka, Mahfud ensured that no state data was leaked.

"What data was leaked by Bjorka, state data? There is none. That's just for me, it continues to be distributed. My data is distributed, written mother's name, Siti Aminah. Well, my mother's name is not Siti Aminah. That means she made it up", said Mahfud.

The House of Representatives of the Republic of Indonesia ratified the PDP Bill in the Fifth Plenary Session of the First Session of the 2022-2023 Session Year, on Tuesday, September 20.

The final draft of the PDP Bill, which has been discussed since 2016, consists of 371 Problem Inventory Lists (DIM) and produces 16 chapters and 76 articles.

The number of articles in the PDP Bill has increased by four articles from the government's initial proposal at the end of 2019, which was 72 articles.