Contract Employee Of Nagan Raya Aceh Hospital Arrested For Spreading Hoax Legal Videos

The Nagan Raya Police Team, Aceh Province arrested a man with the initials WH (27 years), a contract employee at Nagan Raya Hospital for allegedly spreading hoax videos related to robbery.

"The perpetrator was arrested at his home, currently he has been secured at the Nagan Raya Police Headquarters," said Head of Criminal Investigation Unit of the Nagan Raya Police, Aceh, AKP Machfud to reporters quoted by ANTARA, Tuesday, May 2.

He said the perpetrator was arrested at his home in the Ujung Fatihah area, Kuala District, Nagan Raya Regency, Aceh.

Machfud explained that WH was arrested after the police conducted an investigation regarding the spread of suspected hoax videos related to victims of burglary on social media, causing unrest in the community.

"We managed to catch the perpetrator in less than 24 hours without any resistance," said Machfud.

WH was arrested after a viral video on social media, showing a man covered in blood with a narrative of the victims of the robbery, which occurred on the south-west road of Aceh in the Trans Crow Lamie area, Darul Makmur District, local district.

As a result of the spread of the video, it has caused unrest among the people of Nagan Raya Regency, Aceh.

The video is allegedly a hoax spread through social media and has then caused fear among the public, because the image shown in the video is very sadistic because it looks covered in blood.

"After we searched, the video with the narrative of the victims of the robbery was an old video that was re-uploaded, and the incident did not occur in Nagan Raya, but occurred outside Aceh Province," said Machfud.