Arya Dipa, Bandung – A 47-year-old woman who was recently sentenced to five months imprisonment for pornographic chatting with her childhood friend in Bandung is appealing to the West Java High Court.
"Today we are appealing the district court verdict," said Suryantara, a lawyer who accompanied Wisti Yetti, on Monday.
Wisti was charged after her former husband reported her to the West Java Police for pornographic chatting with her childhood friend, Nugraha Mursyid.
Suryantara said her client had decided to appeal the decision because the verdict did not reflect justice and was not made based on the facts presented during the trial.
"In addition, the judge's decision is far harsher than the sentence sought by the state prosecutor," he said. He added that Wisti's ex-husband could provide no evidence that that his client and Nugraha had been involved in pornographic chatting on social media.
"My client's ex-husband presented only a copy of a Facebook chat, and a forensic test shows the two were not involved in any pornographic chatting," he said.
Besides being sentenced five months in prison for violating the 2008 Information and Electronic Transactions Law, Wisti was also ordered to pay Rp 100 million in fines to state.
Meanwhile, Communications and Information Minister Rudiantara said that the government was still preparing several draft regulations to revise the ITE law, which he said had claimed many victims during its implementation over the past seven years. "We hope the revision can be conducted by the end of this year," he said.
Besides being sentenced five months in prison for violating the 2008 Information and Electronic Transactions Law (ITE Law), Wisti was also ordered to pay Rp 100 million in fines to state.