Central Kalimantan Police detain FPI sympathizer over IG hate speech 23rd December 2020
FA, 30, is arrested by Central Kalimantan Police for hate speech on his IG account on Dec 23, 2020. Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Central Kalimantan Police arrested a man, identified by his initials as FA, 30, over claims of being a sympathizer of the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) and for posting hate speech on Instagram (IG). The postings on his IG (Instagram) account sry mutmut zee are proven to be a criminal offense (in line with the law on) ITE (electronic information and transactions) and fulfills the elements of SARA (tribe, religion, race and groups), Senior Commissioner Hendra Rochamawan, spokesman of the Central Kalimantan Police, noted while quoting Central Kalimantan Police Chief Ins. Gen. Dedi Prasetyo in a press statement here on Wednesday.
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Dozens of university and high school graduates from across the country formed the Alumni for Indonesia organisation on December 21 to address concerns about the country’s potential tilt toward social and political tribalism. The Jakarta Post
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Tue, 22 December 2020
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[Photo Courtesy of the Indonesia Cabinet Secretary’s Office]
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President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo sacked Minister of Health Terawan Agus Putranto and replaced him with Budi Gunadi Sadikin, a banker and the deputy minister of state enterprises, to help deal with the pandemic.
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AP, JAKARTA
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He was accused of inciting people to breach COVID-19 pandemic restrictions by holding events attended by thousands of supporters to commemorate the Prophet Mohammed’s birthday and the wedding of his daughter.
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Two images have been shared in multiple Facebook posts purporting to show an Indonesian Muslim cleric and an Indonesian legislator alongside a claim that the legislator is a spokesperson for the arrested cleric’s organisation. The claim is false; both photos have been manipulated.
One post was published here
on Facebook on December 14, 2020.
The photo collage includes an image in the top left-hand corner of Indonesian legislator Fadli Zon that purports to show him wearing a black shirt printed with an Indonesian-language text that says: “FPI spokesperson”.
The image in the bottom right-hand corner purports to show Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) leader Rizieq Shihab in an orange prison uniform and handcuffs.