Delpedro and Three Associates Charged with Two-Year Prison Sentence in Incitement Case
The Central Jakarta District Court held a hearing regarding prosecution charges related to demonstrations that turned violent in August of last year, with defendants including Delpedro Marhaen, Executive Director of Lokataru, and three associates. Delpedro and his co-defendants are facing two-year prison sentences.
“First, we declare that defendant one Delpedro, defendant two Muzaffar, defendant three Syahdan and defendant four Khariq have been proven lawfully and convincingly guilty of criminal offences. Participation in committing criminal offences in public by verbal or written means, inciting persons to commit criminal offences, or inciting persons to resist public authority with violence,” stated the public prosecutor (JPU) during the hearing on Friday (27 February 2026).
The prosecutor stated that Delpedro is charged under Article 246 in conjunction with Article 20C of Law Number 1 of 2023 on the Criminal Code. On these grounds, Delpedro and associates face two-year prison sentences.
“Article 246 in conjunction with Article 20C of Law Number 1 of 2023 on the Criminal Code as stated in the public prosecutor’s charge,” the prosecutor said.
“Second, we declare the sentence for defendant one Delpedro, defendant two Muzaffar, defendant three Syahdan and defendant four Khariq of imprisonment for two years, reduced by the time the defendants have spent in detention,” the prosecutor added.
The Charges
For context, Delpedro, Muzaffar, Syahdan, and Khariq are charged with incitement related to demonstrations that turned violent in August 2025. The prosecutor stated that the incitement was carried out by Delpedro through uploading images and narratives on social media.
“Those who commit, order the commission, and participate in committing actions intentionally and without authority distributing and/or transmitting electronic information and/or electronic documents of an inciting nature, inviting, or influencing others thereby generating feelings of hatred or hostility towards individuals and/or specific groups of society based on race, nationality, ethnicity, skin colour, religion, belief, gender, mental disability or physical disability,” the prosecutor stated whilst reading the charge sheet.
The prosecutor stated that Delpedro, Muzaffar, Syahdan, and Khariq created or joined social media groups to maintain intensive communication with those aligned with their thinking. The prosecutor stated that police discovered 80 posts containing content deemed inciting with the purpose of generating hatred towards the government on the Instagram social media account distributed by Delpedro and associates on 24-29 August 2025.
The prosecutor stated that the consistent use of hashtags such as #indonesiagelam, #gejayanmemanggil, #bubarkandpr across all posts created a unified campaign easily discoverable and traceable by algorithms as a main topic. The prosecutor stated that these posts incited the violence at the end of August.
The prosecutor charged Delpedro, Muzaffar, Syahdan, and Khariq with violating Article 28 paragraph 2 in conjunction with Article 45A paragraph 2, or Article 28 paragraph 3 in conjunction with Article 45A paragraph 3 of Law Number 11 of 2008 concerning Electronic Information and Transactions in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph 1 subsection 1 of the Criminal Code, or Article 160 of the Criminal Code in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph 1 subsection 1 of the Criminal Code, or Article 76H in conjunction with Article 15 in conjunction with Article 87 of Law Number 35 of 2014 concerning Child Protection in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph 1 subsection 1 of the Criminal Code.