inp.polri.go.id. – Jakarta. Member of Commission III Indonesian Parliament-Andi Rio Idris Padjalangi appreciates the officer of Greater Jakarta Metropolitan Jakarta for arresting the perpetrator who is suspected of burning and insulting the holy book Al Quran which is viral on social media.
“I appreciate the performance of Greater Jakarta Metropolitan Police. The police must be able to reveal the motives of the perpetrators, especially the perpetrators hacking someone’s social media accounts,” explained Andi Rio.
Andi assessed that this incident should not damage the religious community’s sense of tolerance which has been built up quite well at this time and is deliberately played by someone who is not responsible. And hope that Muslims in Indonesia are not easily provoked and can entrust these problems to law enforcement officials.
“The police need to continue to communicate and coordinate with the Ministry of Communication and Information of the Republic of Indonesia (Kominfo) to be able to immediately withdraw and remove viral videos that have been circulating on social media,” he said.
In addition, Andi also asked the public to be careful and wise in using social media, not to use it for things that are not useful, such as spreading hoaxes and fighting against each other.
Previously, the South Jakarta Metro Police arrested a man with the initials M on Monday (24/5) in the morning in Tanjung Duren, West Jakarta, who allegedly uploaded a video containing the Al-Quran being burned went viral on social media.
“After we traced the accounts used on social media, it was not the identity of those posted on the social media ‘wall’,” explained the South Jakarta Metro Police Chief, Police Grand Commissioner Azis Andriansyah.
The Police Chief explained that currently, the suspected perpetrator had been detained for further investigation. According to him, the police received information that there was a motive for romance and heartache behind the case. The alleged perpetrator previously had a close relationship with a woman and created an Instagram account with the woman’s name.
M then uploaded a video containing hate speech and allegedly defaming religion on the Instagram account @ farhanah_santoso_245. It went viral on social media.
