JAKARTA, KOMPAS TV – North Jakarta Metro Police succeeded in catching the disseminator hoax or hoaks related information Chinese army uniform being dilaundry in the area Ivory Coconut, North Jakarta.
Is someone with the initials AC who spread the incorrect information. The 35-year-old man was arrested by police at his home in East Jakarta.
“We traced until we finally found the suspect. We immediately arrested the perpetrators, “North Jakarta Metro Police Chief, Commissioner Budhi Herdi Susianto told reporters in Jakarta on Wednesday (07/29/2020).
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Budhi said, AC perpetrators were arrested on charges of disseminating information intended to incite hatred, as well as hostility to individuals and / or community groups.
According to him, the AC perpetrators were not the makers of the viral video. To the police, the suspect claimed to have only participated in sharing the video, so that others would be on the alert without knowing the truth.
“So, his motive was to convey the information he actually received from other people. He (the perpetrator) considers it as correct, so he spread it to social media and viral, “said Budhi.
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