Curtailing Free Expression, Opinion and Information Online in Southeast Asia and/or a maximum fine of 2 bil. Rupiah (approx. USD 140,000) where the alleged online defamatory act causes harm to others.170 As of October 2018, 245 complaints had reportedly been brought under the UU ITE, with public officers and government agencies comprising 35.92 percent of the complainants.171 As of January 2019, only 6 percent of indicted cases had reportedly been acquitted.172 Case of Anindya Shabrina Joediono In August 2018, Anindya Shabrina Joediono, a law student from Surabaya and editor-in-chief of online news platform ‘Merah Muda Memudar’, received a warrant to report for investigation following a complaint that had been filed against her under sections 27(3) and 45(3) of the UU ITE, by a person who alleged she had defamed the police, including the municipal police of Surabaya. This came after she had made a Facebook post and a comment on a YouTube video alleging sexual assault by police officers following a film screening and discussion on human rights violations which they had entered to shut down.173 As of January 2019, Joediono reportedly remains under police investigation.174 170 See in particular Articles 27(3), 29, 45(1), 45(3). English translation of Law of the Republic of Indonesia No. 11 of 2008 Concerning Electronic Information and Transactions, Available at: http:// www.flevin.com/id/lgso/translations/JICA%20Mirror/english/4846_UU_11_2008_e.html; On the 2016 amendments, see for eg. Institute for Criminal Justice Reform, ‘Response to the Revision of Information and Electronic Transaction Law (ITE Law): Five Crucial Issues in the ITE Law that Threaten Freedom of Expression in Indonesia’, 28 October 2016, Available at: https://icjr.or.id/ response-to-the-revision-of-information-and-electronic-transaction-law-ite-law-five-crucial-issuesin-the-ite-law-that-threaten-freedom-of-expression-in-indonesia/ 171 [Bahasa Indonesia] Scholastica Gerintya, ‘Periksa Data- Jerat UU ITE Banyak Dipakai oleh Pejabat Negara’, 18 October 2018, Available at: https://tirto.id/jerat-uu-ite-banyak-dipakai-oleh-pejabatnegara-c7sk 172 Johannes Nugroho, Charis Loke, ‘Silenced by an Elastic Law’, New Naratif, 4 January 2019 (‘New Naratif, 4 January 2019’), Available at: https://newnaratif.com/journalism/silenced-by-an-elastic law/share/pybxr/259dff62034ffb4223adcb949a50f667/ 173 New Naratif, 4 January 2019; Palang Hitam Indonesia, ‘Solidarity with Anindya Shabrina’, 6 September 2018, Available at: https://palanghitam.noblogs.org/anindya-shabrina/ 174 New Naratif, 4 January 2019. 57