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JAKARTA: Indonesian police arrested a student, an Indonesian, believed to be behind a controversial parody of the republic’s national anthem, Indonesia Raya.
According to the head of the Indonesian National Police Criminal Investigation Agency, Listyo Sigit Prabowo, quoted by local media, the suspect was arrested yesterday at 8 pm at a house in Cianjur, West Java.
“The police arrested the male suspect, with the initials ‘MDF’ and confiscated a mobile phone, a SIM card and a computer,” he said.
So far, the police had not released the identity of the suspect.
The arrest is the result of a joint investigation into the case involving the Indonesian police and their Malaysian counterparts.
The video, which was uploaded to YouTube, featured the Indonesian national anthem edited with lyrics insulting Indonesia.
While it was removed, the video was uploaded to social media, prompting hateful and angry comments.
Yesterday, Bernama quoted Inspector General of Police Abdul Hamid Bador as saying that the video was made by a citizen of the republic and not in Malaysia.
He said the information was obtained as a result of an interrogation of an Indonesian worker in his 40s who was detained in Sabah.
