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olice have named an inmate at Tangerang penitentiary in Banten a suspect in a case of defamation against National Police chief Gen. Tito Karnavian.

The inmate, identified as MRN, 46, allegedly posted a merged picture of the police chief alongside the leader of the now-defunct Indonesian Communist Party (PKI), DN Aidit, on his Facebook account via his handphone.

The edited picture made the two men appear to look alike.

“The suspect does not make speeches, but he has posted many criticisms containing hate speech in his content,” said Jakarta Police spokesperson Sr. Comr. Raden Prabowo Argo Yuwono on Wednesday as quoted by tribunnews.com.

MRN is charged with defamation under the Information and Electronic Transactions (ITE) Law, as the picture and posts that he uploaded are regarded as defamation.

Before uploading Tito’s and Aidit’s picture, he had earlier posted defaced photos of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo and Muhammadiyah leader Syafii Maarif.

The police have confiscated his handphone and also frozen his email and social media accounts.