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A man in Medan, North Sumatra, has been sentenced to 14 months in prison and a fine of Rp 5 million (US$381) after the Medan District Court declared him guilty of violating the Electronic Information and Transactions (ITE) Law in light of a tag on his Facebook page.
The man, Dodi Sutanto, was tagged by a friend in a news story from local online media outlet medanseru.co on the arrest of local businessman Anif Shah by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK).
Claiming that Dodi did not offer clarification about the news and that his friends on the social networking site could access the story from his page, Anif reported Dodi to the police for defamation and violating the ITE Law, according to a press statement from the Legal Aid Institute for The Press (LBH Press) on Saturday.
Dodi, who is also the chairman of the National Committee of Indonesian Youth’s (KNPI) North Sumatra branch, was taken into custody and the case was processed without supporting evidence, LBH Press research and network division chief Asep Komarudin said.
"The legal process was odd because the editor of the disputed news was not questioned at all by the police. Press Council chairman Yosep Adi Prasetyo also declared that the online media was vague and not under the protection of the Press Council," Asep said in a statement.
[url=http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2016/08/13/medan-man-gets-14-months-imprisonment-for-facebook-tag.html]Medan man gets 14 months’ imprisonment for Facebook tag - The Jakarta Post[/url]
