Creating Insulting Police Content On Tiktok Regarding Rizieq's Arrest, IRT Is Arrested And Faces 5 Years In Prison

Polda Metro Jaya investigators present the suspect who made and uploaded a video of threats against police officers during a press conference at the Jakarta Metro Police Headquarters (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - Officers of the Sub-Directorate for Cyber Crimes at the Jakarta Police of the Criminal Investigation Unit have arrested a housewife with the initials RW (53) because she was proven to have uploaded a video of insulting the police regarding Rizieq Shihab's arrest.

"The Tipid Cyber Team Unit II arrested a housewife for hate speech," said Head of Public Relations of Polda Metro Jaya Kombes Yusri Yunus in his statement, reported by Antara, Wednesday, December 16.

Yusri explained that RW was arrested without resistance at his residence in the Bogor area, West Java on Monday, December 14. RW's arrest was made after police investigators traced a viral video containing hate speech on TikTok social media

"Initially, the team conducted Cyber Patrol and found a video in which a woman expressed hate and insults on Tiktok social media under the account name @yudinratu," he added.

The police then found the video and after being studied the officers stated that the video fulfilled the elements of hate speech.

"The perpetrator deliberately and without right disseminates information aimed at creating hatred or enmity for individuals and or certain groups of society based on ethnicity, religion, race and / or intergroup (SARA)," he said.

For his actions, the perpetrator is now detained at Polda Metro Jaya to be accountable for his actions and charged under Article 28 paragraph (2) in conjunction with Article 45 A paragraph (2) Law Number 19 Year 2016 concerning Amendments to Law Number 11 Year 2008 concerning Information and Transactions Electronics and / or Article 14 and or Article 15 of Law Number 1 Year 1946 concerning Criminal Law Regulations and / or Article 207 of the Criminal Code with the threat of five years in prison.