Govt to detain blogger for defamation
The Jakarta Post | Wed, 11/19/2008 6:27 PM
Communication and Information Minister Muhammad Nuh on Wednesday pledged that his office would arrest a blogger for creating a site that defaming the Prophet Muhammad.
Muhammad Nuh said his office had a tool to detect the blogger's whereabouts.
"We will penalize anyone or any group responsible for making such blogs," he told
tempointeraktif.com.
Nuh said the blogger had violated the 2008 law on information and electronic transactions, by disseminating information which could create rivalry among religious communities.
City Police special crimes director Commissioner Raja Erizman said police had traced the website and found it was created outside Indonesia.
The blog, which uses the
wordpress.com facility, presents cartoons of the Prophet and has been visited by 91,597 people. It also cites misleading translations of Koranic verses and the prophet deeds and sayings stated in the hadiths. (ewd)
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