TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Police have arrested the owner of a facebook account with the initials FAB, 30 years old. The arrest was made over an article with hate speech content against individual or community members based on ethnicity, religion, race and inter-group relations, as well as provocation.
Director for Police Economic and Special Crimes Investigation Unit Brigadier General Agung Setya explained that the suspect was arrested in their office in Rangkas Bitung, Lebak, Banten. “Police seized 1 unit of cell phone and 1 FB account from the suspect,” Agung said Thursday in a written statement in Jakarta.
Agung explained that FAB is an English teacher in Rangkas Bitung. He said that the suspect could be charged with violating article 16 of Law Number 40/2008 on Elimination of Race and Ethnicity Discrimination and/or article 45 (2) in conjuction with article 28 (2) of Law No. 11/2008 on Information and Electronic Transactions.
ARKHELAUS W.