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View all search resultsProsecutor appeals musician Jerinx's 14-month prison sentence for ‘hate speech’
The prosecutor considers the sentence insufficient to create a deterrent.
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prosecutor in Bali has appealed a Denpasar district court verdict sentencing musician I Gede Ari Astina, better known as Jerinx, to 14 months in prison for “hate speech” against the Indonesian Medical Association (IDI).
In the previous hearing, prosecutors demanded Jerinx be sentenced to three years in prison for violating Articles 28 and 45 of the 2016 Electronic Information and Transactions (ITE) Law and Article 64 of the Criminal Code.
"One of the prosecutors in the case came to the Denpasar district court at around 1:30 p.m. local time to file an appeal against [Jerinx]," Bali Prosecutor's Office spokesperson A. Luga Harlianto said on Thursday.
The prosecutor filed the document at the last minute – just within the seven-day window for appeal after the court read the verdict on Nov. 18.
Harlianto said the prosecutor considered the 14-month prison sentence insufficient to create a deterrent for Jerinx and other internet users. The verdict also failed, he claimed, to fulfill the public's sense of justice.
“The prosecutor previously said that the defendant had offended doctors and other medical workers, not only in Bali but throughout Indonesia, as they are struggling to treat COVID-19 patients,” Harlianto said.
Separately, Jerinx’s lawyer Wayan Gendo Suardana said Jerinx had accepted his 14-month sentence but had decided to file an appeal to counter the prosecutor's appeal.
