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Housewife arrested for posting comments on FB
Ervani Emihandayani, 28, has been detained at the Wirogunan detention center in Yogyakarta since Wednesday for posting comments on her Facebook account considered insulting to her husbandâs supervisor
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rvani Emihandayani, 28, has been detained at the Wirogunan detention center in Yogyakarta since Wednesday for posting comments on her Facebook account considered insulting to her husband's supervisor.
The housewife, who hails from Bangunjiwo, Bantul regency, was accused of violating articles in the Law No.11/2008 on information and electronic transactions (ITE).
'She is considered to have violated Articles 27 and 45 of the ITE Law, as well as articles 310 and 311 of the Criminal Code,' head of the advocacy department of the Yogyakarta Legal Aid Institute (LBH), Hamzal Wahyudin, told reporters in Yogyakarta on Friday.
Hamzal said LBH Yogyakarta would provide legal assistance to Ervani, who will be tried at Bantul District Court.
Ervani's husband, Alfa Janto, who worked as a security officer at Jolie Jogja Jewelry on Jl. Kyai Mojo in Yogyakarta, said the case started when the shop's human resources department decided to move him to a store in Cirebon, West Java.
He said the transfer came without prior notice.
'After discussing the matter with my family, we objected to the transfer because it was not covered in my employment contract,' Alfa said.
The objection, he said, resulted in his dismissal in March this year. He claimed that he did not receive his final salary, compensation money or other benefits.
He said his wife was stressed about the situation. She discussed the matter with Alfa's colleagues when they visited him at home in May, during which they also talked about a supervisor at the store named Diah Sarastuty, alias Ayas.
'After the talk, she spontaneously posted our discussion on Facebook,' Alfa said.
The post says: 'Yes, Pak Har is good. It's Ayas and other Spv [supervisors] who are not good. We think she is not worthy of being appointed a leader of Jolie Jogja Jewelry. Many [things] are lebay [overblown] and unstable like kids.'
Responding to the posting, Diah, a resident of Tegalrejo district, filed a police report on June 9.
As of Friday afternoon Diah was unavailable for interview. One of the store attendants, Meli, said Diah had been a supervisor at Jolie but did not work there anymore.
Previously, Gajah Mada University student Florence Sihombing was also detained because of comments on social media that were deemed insulting to some people in Yogyakarta.
