Last month, a report said, the leader of a radical Islamic group FPI, was hospitalized after being beaten by soldiers in his own office.
But that did not happen, even though thousands of Indonesian people believe, because of the spread of false rumors that circulated ahead of a major demonstration in Jakarta on December 2.
Some pages say that the FPI leader Habib Rizieq governing protests against the governor of Jakarta, a Chinese descent, was abused by government officials. The provocative statement but it had burned a false public sentiment.
News or hoaxes are not new in politics in Indonesia. The news is clearly a lie circulating in social media network since at least 2014, and nearly scuttle the presidential election campaign by Jokowi. But recently, rumors lie increasingly widespread, as sectarian tensions continue to rise will be non-active prosecution of the Governor of DKI Jakarta, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama alias Ahok on charges of religious insult.
This week, the TNI chief General Gatot said Nurmantyo fake news show their foreign interference in politics in Indonesia. It is unclear whether this is true, but it is very interesting to see the Indonesian government is notorious for censoring, can not stop the rumors that lie to block sites that are considered problematic.
Rizieq false news about it he traced to computer servers in New Jersey, USA, and Australia, said Gatot told reporters this week.
"The story Rizieq it is actually a disguised advertisement of a gambling site called jitupoker.biz," said Damar Juaniarto, founder of Digital Democracy Forum.
"The site has been blocked by the Ministry of Communications," he added.
According Juniarto, it is common gambling websites trying to cover up the real address by using an address abroad, because Indonesian law prohibits online gambling
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