TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The National Police promise to conduct a full investigation into the hate speech case involving the Saracen group.
“We’ll investigate the case to its core,” Police’s Criminal Investigation Corps director (Bareskrim) Comr. Gen. Ari Dono Sukamto said at the National Police Headquarter in Jakarta today, September 1.
Ari added the police will also hunt individuals who hired Saracen. “We’ll find out who paid them, how much, and what was it used for,” he said.
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Ari confirmed that individuals who hired Saracen could be criminally charged, as instructing someone to break the law is a crime.
Bareskrim’s head of cybercrime unit Sr. Comr. Irwan Anwar revealed that Saracen charged Rp15 million per month to maintain a website or a blog. The group also provided a buzzer service handled by 15 people with a payment of Rp3 million each.
In addition, the group charged Rp5 million and Rp7 million for coordinator and media services, respectively. Upon an agreement with the customer, the group will prepare contents to be uploaded via accounts owned by Saracen.
ANDITA RAHMA