Inciting Insulting

He is a musician.

He was sentenced to 18 months in prison for hate speech.

He posted a tweet that incited people [menghasut] to attack supporters of ..

He now prefers to be called ..but he was formerly known as ..

He was found guilty of violating article 45 of the E law.

During the campaign which coincided with his blasphemy trial, he tweeted …

Anyone who supports the blasphemer is scum [sampah] and deserves to [layak untuk] be spat in the face.

He was guilty of deliberately inciting hatred toward a group of people based on race, ethnicity, or class.


The court sentences him to one year and six months in prison.

He said while delivering the verdict [tuntutan].

The sentence against him is six months lighter than public prosecutor’s demand. [jaksa penuntut umum].

The reported to the police for allegedly spreading hate speech.

He has yet to face trial in that case.

It has recorded that at least 381 people have been imprisoned for violating the ITE Law since it was first enacted in 2008,

90 percent of those imprisoned had been charged with defamation while the rest were jailed for hate speech.