Police said they would evaluate the work of virtual police after the release of a video allegedly containing elements of blasphemy by a man under the pseudonym Jozeph Paul Zhang on social media and is considered to make fun of Islam. The statement was echoed by a man named Shindy Paul Soerjomoeljono in an online discussion forum titled 'Puasa Lalim Islam'.

"It turns out that with these events, it is certainly an assessment for the Police how Virtual Police can be implemented more actively," head of the Public Information Bureau (Karopenmas) Polri, Brigadier General Rusdi Hartono told reporters, Monday (19/4).

Rusdi also explained that the police also reviewed so that virtual police can work more actively. Because, he continued, so far there are parties who are dissatisfied with the virtual police presence.

Thus, it becomes one of the assessments in the evaluation of the performance of police who guard in cyberspace.

However, Rusdi said, such measures were also taken to prevent similar cases from happening on social media. He claimed police had been monitoring the online discussions before it became polemic and was widely circulated in the community.

"It's all monitored, before it went viral it was monitored. When it goes viral in the community of course the Police have taken steps," he added.

The police themselves have so far requested an explanation from experts regarding Jozeph's case. The witnesses in question range from linguists, legal sociologists, to criminal experts.

Rusdi said with his statement in the video, Jozeph could be subject to article 28 Paragraph (2) of the ITE Law and Article 156a of the Criminal Code.

"The element of the article that can be imposed first hate speech in the ITE Law and also the desecration of religion that is in the Criminal Code," he said.

It's just that Jozeph is currently overseas. He allegedly settled in Germany so police need to work with Interpol to follow up on the case. Jozeph who has been designated as a suspect by the Bareskrim Polri has also been included in the People Search List (DPO), so it will coordinate with interpol networks through the issuance of red notices.

Directorate General of Immigration and Kemenkumham stated Jozeph Paul Zhang has been out of Indonesia since 2018. On January 11, three years ago, Jozeph Paul Zhang was recorded leaving Indonesia for Hong Kong.