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‘The messages were not from me’: People claim phones hacked during campaign against KPK Law revision
Another person has claimed to have fallen victim to alleged hacking during the campaign against the revision of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Law, which many believe could weaken the antigraft body.
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Rest in peace: Employees at the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) lay flowers and wreaths on top of a casket in front of the KPK's headquarters in Kuningan, Central Jakarta, on Friday, Sept. 13, after the House of Representative elected Insp. Gen. Firli Bahuri from the National Police as the KPK's new commissioner. (JP/Seto Wardhana)
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he amendment of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Law was passed into law on Tuesday despite intensifying public protests against what many believe is a systematic effort to defang the antigraft body.
Amid the efforts to protest the KPK Law amendment, which have been conducted both offline and online, prior to the House of Representatives’ approval, a number people complained that their WhatsApp accounts were compromised as they had sent messages the said did not sound like them at all.
A student at Padjajaran University in Bandung, West Java, M. Luthfi Indrawan, said his WhatsApp account suddenly sent messages containing threats against National Police chief Gen. Tito Karnavian.
Luthfi said he was made aware of it when his friends started questioning him about the messages sent from his WhatsApp number to various groups at 2 a.m. on Monday.
"Whoever receives a WhatsApp [message] from me, it's not from me as it's been hacked. Until now, I can't log into my WhatsApp account," Luthfi confirmed through his Instagram account on Monday.
The hacker had sent messages alluding that attempts to weaken the KPK were part of a scenario plotted by Tito and calling on Luthfi's friends to carry out amaliyah at Tito's official residence in Jakarta.
Amaliyah is a term often used by extremist groups to refer to an attack or suicide bombing.
