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Police continue to pursue the suspect who uploaded the false news of the COVID-19 corpse whose eyes are gouged out and his face is bleeding. Although the police have already secured 7 people and named a suspect.
Police said they were not ruling out the possibility that the witness status of the 6 people who had been questioned could be elevated to suspects.
“He does not rule out that possibility. We are still conducting investigations,” Probolinggo Police Chief AKBP Ferdy Irawan told reporters at Police Headquarters on Saturday (7/11/2020).
However, according to Ferdy, the public who spread false news about the viral video could also be suspicious. This will have a deterrent effect on other citizens from spreading fake news. So people get loud and uncomfortable with the news.
“We continue to develop and investigate to go after other suspects, the main disseminator of viral videos of the bodies of COVID-19 patients, who get their eyes out and turn them into hoaxes. We also provide a deterrent effect to other citizens to do not commit violations of criminal acts of the Constitution of the ITE, which make them noisy and restless, “said the police chief.
So far, the police have still arrested 7 people suspected of spreading the viral video on Facebook and Instagram groups. One person was named a suspect. The rest are still being examined further. The 7 people who were arrested are suspected of spreading the news of the body of the bloodied COVID-19, Mahmuda (49), a resident of Sukun Hamlet, Alas Tengah Village, Paiton District, Probolinggo Regency.
