Ruben Onsu Has Forgiven His Child's Defamer But Legal Proceedings Will Continue

Kapanlagi.com - Ruben Onsu is known to have reported the account that defamed his daughter to the authorities at the end of July 2025. He also emphasized that the legal process will continue when he appeared as a reporting witness at the Metro Jaya Police on Monday (11/8) last week.

"Continue," Ruben said briefly.

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1. Continue

According to Ruben, the legal process continues because it involves his children.

"Of course, because it has entered the realm of children, right. And the bullying towards the children continues. And he has done this not just once or twice in his posts, it's already too much. So, what he does, he must be brave enough to take responsibility," added Ruben.

2. Close the Door to Peace

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Not only that, Ruben also firmly closed the door to peace in this case.

"No. There is none. Even if he wants to apologize, the report still stands, it must continue," said the former husband of Sarwendah.

3. Have Forgiven

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He admitted that he has forgiven as a fellow human being but nonetheless, the legal process continues.

"Forgiveness is a must. We are obligated as humans to forgive. But if it’s a legal case, then I want it to continue according to the procedure," Ruben expressed again.

4. No Tolerance Given

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Ruben Onsu will not give any tolerance to those who have disturbed the peace of his family. Minola Sebayang explained that this report does not only use a single article.

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

5. Article of the ITE Law

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Not only stopping at the Criminal Code (KUHP), this report is also combined with the Electronic Information and Transactions Law (ITE Law). The use of the ITE Law is very relevant, considering the allegations of slander and dissemination of lies were carried out through social media platforms with very wide reach.

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

6. Layered Articles

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More specifically, Minola revealed that the article being 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 serves as 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 is the article that carries the heaviest threat.

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

7. Q & A About Ruben Onsu

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Who has been reported by Ruben Onsu regarding the defamation case against his child?
In the latest case, Ruben Onsu reported a TikTok account named @vina.run that allegedly spread falsehoods about his daughter, Thalia Putri Onsu. Previously, in 2020, Ruben also reported about 10 social media accounts (Facebook, Instagram, video) that committed defamation and bullying against Betrand Peto.

What articles are charged against the defamer of Ruben Onsu's child and what are the legal threats?
The perpetrator is charged with multiple articles, including Article 27 paragraph 3 in conjunction with Article 45 paragraph 3 of Law No. 19 of 2016 concerning ITE, Articles 310 and 311 of the Criminal Code regarding defamation and slander, as well as Article 156 of the Criminal Code concerning blasphemy. In addition, this case is also linked to the Child Protection Law, Article 1 in conjunction with Article 15a and Article 76c in conjunction with Article 80. The threat of punishment for these articles can reach 4 to 6 years in prison, and even up to 8 years in prison for multiple charges.

(kpl/far/tdr)