Teacher Hate Speech

Report it over alleged hate speech

Put photo on display on the wall

Constitutional court issued the ruling.

She has violated the criminal code and xxx law.

She was accused of spreading hate speech and fake news.

She could not contain her emotion.

She was taken into custody.

Her sentence could be above 5 years imprisonment.

Police have slapped her with multiple charger.

She could face 6 years in prison

She could face a Rp. X fine

She has expressed her apology.

She regretted her misconduct.

She was fuelled by emotion.

She committed defamation and hate speech.

Teacher faces jail time for allegedly urging people not to put Jokowi's photo in schools

The police have detained and named teacher Asteria a suspect

for allegedly spreading hate-induced fake news in her post on Facebook

in which she allegedly urged people not to put a photo of Joko on display.

She allegedly made the Facebook status on June 28

in response to the ruling issued by the Constitutional Court related to 2019 presidential elections dispute

that rejected the lawsuit filed by team of rival Prabowo and Uno.

Jokowi and running mate Ma’ruf Amin were then declared the election winners by the General Elections Commission.

On her Facebook account, Asteria allegedly wrote

“If I can throw an idea, schools should no longer put photos of the President and Vice President on display.

Take the photos down.

As teachers, we don’t want to teach our students

to allow injustice and fraud to take place right?

Just put the photo of Governor Anies.”

Photos of the sitting president and vice president are commonly put on display on the walls of schools and government offices.

The post went viral and sparked online discussions among netizens.

A user reportedly screenshot the status and reported it to the North Jakarta Police over alleged online hate speech content. 

The police arrested Asteria on Tuesday.

“We believe the suspect has violated the Criminal Code, Electronic Information and Transactions Law”.

Through her Facebook post, he accused the mother of five of spreading hate speech and fake news that could spark unrest and insult the government.

initial questioning suggested that

she was triggered by the emotion surrounding the 2019 presidential elections

when she allegedly wrote the status.

“She was influenced by the postelection conditions.

She could not contain her emotion

that prompted her to write the post,” he said.

The teacher was taken into custody by the North Jakarta Police

and her sentence could be above five years imprisonment,.

The police slapped her with multiple charges including …

She could face six years in prison or a Rp 1 billion (US$71,469) fine.

Asteria had expressed her apology following her arrest.

she regretted her misconduct and that

she was fueled by emotion at that time.

“I had no intention to provoke people to do something

like what people had accused me of,”.

Asteria was the latest person charged under the controversial ITE Law

that has long been criticized by activists.

Initially passed to regulate electronic transactions,

activists have noted that the law has been used to prosecute alleged to have committed defamation and hate speech.