Ruben Onsu Catches Vina.Run Account with Layered Articles, Threat of 8 Years in Prison

Kapanlagi.com - The legal action taken by Ruben Onsu against the owner of the @vina.run account turns out to be more than just an empty threat. Through his lawyer, Minola Sebayang, Ruben has prepared a number of layered articles ready to ensnare the accused with very serious threats of punishment.

This serves as proof that the father of three children will not provide any tolerance whatsoever for those who have disturbed his family's peace. Minola Sebayang explained that this report does not rely on just a single article.

"So, there are layered articles here, yes. So there are (Article) 310, 311 as regulated by the Penal Code, namely defamation and also slander, yes, because there is defamation and its content is slander," said Minola Sebayang when met at the Metro Jaya Police, Thursday (31/7/2025).

1. Chronology and Reasons for Reporting

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Not only limited to the Criminal Code (KUHP), this report is also combined with the Electronic Information and Transactions Law (UU ITE). The use of UU ITE is very relevant, considering the alleged defamation and dissemination of lies are carried out through social media platforms with a very wide reach.

"Then we relate it to the articles concerning the Electronic Transactions Law, ITE, yes, because indeed the way he spreads slander and lies is through social media," he explained.

More specifically, Minola revealed that the article used is Article 27 Paragraph (3) of the ITE Law related to defamation, which is linked to Article 45. However, there is one article that becomes the main weapon in this report, namely Article 32 Paragraph (1) of the ITE Law.

This article specifically targets actions of engineering or manipulating digital information, which in this case is strongly suspected to be related to the editing of photos or images of Ruben Onsu's family. According to Minola, this article carries the heaviest threat.

"So we will, we will also combine it with Article 27 juncto Article 45, yes, juncto Article 32. Yes, so Article 32 is the heaviest article, Paragraph 1," Minola emphasized.

2. Layered Articles Charged

Ruben Onsu © KapanLagi.com/Fikri Alfi Rosyadi

The threat of punishment from Article 32 of the ITE Law is not to be taken lightly. According to Minola, if proven guilty of actions such as altering, adding, or reducing electronic information, the reported party could face imprisonment of up to 8 years.

This high threat of punishment indicates how serious the alleged violation is. Minola also detailed the maximum threat of punishment.

"The threat is 8 years, yes, because this relates to someone who alters, adds, or reduces information or data. So this is an act of changing, reducing, adding data and then retransmitting it, yes, just like what was done. The threat is 8 years in prison," he explained.

With the report number LP/B/5364/VII/2025/SPKT/POLDA METRO JAYA, this case officially enters a new chapter. The use of layered articles with heavy penalties sends a clear message from Ruben Onsu that he will not remain silent when his family, especially his children, become victims of defamation in the online world.

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