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Twitter user reported for religious hate speech, insulting heroes
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group of people on Wednesday reported twitter user Dwi Estiningsih to the Jakarta Police for alleged hate speech and insulting national heroes on social media.
The Communication Forum of Veterans Children (Forkapri) reported Dwi for writing statements on her Twitter account that allegedly amounted to religious hate speech while the second allegedly insulted national heroes.
“Our fathers are veterans and feel offended [by the posts],” Forkapri chairman Birgaldo Sinaga told reporters at the Jakarta Police headquarters.
Dwi, who has thousands of followers on Twitter, commented on her account on Monday on the pictures of non-Muslim heroes printed on newly issued banknotes, calling the non-Muslims hero infidels.
She wrote, “This Muslim majority country is remarkable. From hundreds of heroes, five of the 11 chosen were kafir heroes.”
Dwi, who is reportedly a legislative council candidate from the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) of Yogyakarta, later clarified on Twitter that the word kafir was just a reference to non-Muslims.
According to a copy of a police report obtained by The Jakarta Post, the group has reported the netizen for allegedly violating Article 28 of the Electronic Information and Transactions Law on inciting religious and ethnic hatred online.(jun)
