Mohammad Wahyu Muharam, a university law student, was prosecuted over Facebook insult.
He apparently insulted his marching band mentor by referring his mentor as a “scoundrel” and “very greedy” on his Facebook page in August, last year.
“We ask for a suspended six-month jail for the defendant as he had insulted his marching band mentor on social networking website Facebook,” said prosecutor Lusiana according to reports.
The prosecutors reportedly reduce their recommended sentence after the defendant expressed regret.
The law student told reporters that he hoped his experience would be a lesson to other Facebook users and advised Facebookers to be more cautious in their postings.
Last week, another Indonesian teenager received a suspended jail sentence for posting insulting remarks to her romantic rival on the site.
The country is also said to be considering proposals to block internet sites that are deemed to violate “public decency” and privacy. According to the source, Facebook users or Facebook itself could be blocked under certain provisions of the draft regulations.
Around 8000 people is said to have joined a Facebook group to oppose the planned Internet restrictions.
Indonesia’s tough criminal defamation law has been criticized as one the world’s strictest.
