Indonesian teen jailed for insulting president Widodo on Facebook

An Indonesian teenager has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for insulting President Joko Widodo on Facebook.

The 18-year-old high school student from Medan on the island of Sumatra, identified by the initials MFB, was found guilty of violating the country's internet law by making defamatory and slanderous comments online.
 
Judges also ordered him to pay 10 million rupiah in fines. 

If the fines are not paid, the jail term will be extended by a month.
 
MFB was arrested in August 2017 after he posted numerous inflammatory messages against Widodo and Police chief, Tito Karnavian using fake accounts. 

In July, he made a post challenging the Police to arrest him and they did, a month later.

SOURCE: NEWS24
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