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Legal Notice No. 011/SOMASI/RW/IX/2026: Rizaldy Al Kautsar U. (English Edition)

Rahmat Wibowo·

Evidence B-1: the first forum comment from an account displaying the name and logo of Carnegie Mellon University

This post summarises Somasi No. 011/SOMASI/RW/IX/2026, a formal legal notice I sent on 29 August 2026 to Mr. Rizaldy Al Kautsar U. over two comments on an online forum thread that I believe mocked me and belittled my economic condition. It is a legal notice, not a police report, court filing or finding. He has not responded here, and I do not assert that he is guilty of any offence.

What the letter is about

The comments were posted on the forum thread "f/KawalRahmatWibowo" by an account with the display name "Carnegie Mellon University" and the handle "huang," using the university's seal as its profile picture. I documented them on 29 August 2026.

  1. First comment (posted two days earlier, in a mix of Sundanese and Indonesian, marked "edited," with 10 upvotes). In English gist: "What now, Bowo… So detached from the outer world, don't be a weirdo. Get some help, get some friends, grab a coffee, disconnect from Claude which always makes you feel like you're right. Don't forget to eat the leftover free-meal-program portions and enjoy the money."
  2. Second comment, replying to a post titled "FOMO Tax: Somasi as a Service" (5 upvotes). In English gist, using an Indonesian wordplay: "Bowo really is a 'pengacara' [lawyer], an unemployed person with lots of 'acara' [events/drama]."

"Bowo" is my nickname. In my reading, the comments (i) allege I am unemployed, (ii) mock a legal notice I sent to another party as mere theatre, (iii) insult me as a "weirdo" who is "detached from the outer world," and (iv) reference a free-meal social assistance programme in a way that belittles my socio-economic status before the forum's readers.

How I identified him

I did so from a screenshot of a public LinkedIn profile under the name Rizaldy Al Kautsar U., which lists him as a student in Carnegie Mellon University's Analytics & AI Policy programme, with EcoFlow and Telkomsel among his affiliations, residing in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. I have no independent confirmation that he operates the forum account, and the letter says so by describing it as my identification.

Evidence B-2: the second forum comment from the same account, replying to "FOMO Tax: Somasi as a Service"

Evidence B-3: the public LinkedIn profile used to identify the account holder

The institutional notice to Carnegie Mellon University

The notice is addressed to him personally. Copies went to Carnegie Mellon University's Office of Community Standards & Integrity and Title IX Office, the ITB alumni association (IA-ITB), and the Carnegie Mellon University Alumni Association Indonesia Chapter, if any. I made clear that the section for the university is a notice and a request for oversight, not an accusation against it: there is no indication the university knew of or authorised the conduct, and its name and logo were used as a personal display name, not through any official channel. I asked it to review the matter under its Student Code of Conduct and take appropriate oversight measures on use of its name and insignia.

Legal basis I relied on

I wrote the letter myself, without a lawyer. For Indonesia it cites Art. 433 (written defamation) with Art. 441(1) of the new Criminal Code, and, if an investigation supports it, Art. 434 (slander), and Civil Code Arts. 1365, 1366 and 1372, with an element-by-element analysis and a state-of-mind analysis. It also contains an informational US note, which I marked as not verified against primary US legal databases and for which I recommended a Pennsylvania-licensed attorney: Pennsylvania's harassment statute (18 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 2709), common-law defamation, the university's code of conduct, and the Lanham Act (15 U.S.C. § 1125(a)) on misleading use of another party's name.

What I demanded

By Tuesday, 1 September 2026, 17:00 WIB, I asked him to:

  1. Delete both comments from the forum thread;
  2. Change the account's display name and profile photo so it no longer uses Carnegie Mellon University's name and logo;
  3. Publish a public apology on the same forum for at least 30 days;
  4. Cease further posts that could harm my name;
  5. Pay IDR 533,333,334 in immaterial damages (twice the Art. 434 jo. Art. 441(1) maximum fine of IDR 266,666,666.67, rounded up).

I described this as an opportunity to settle outside formal proceedings and not as extortion, and said I was open to settlement by email. If he did not comply, I stated I would file a criminal report with the Indonesian police, make formal complaints in the United States (the university's conduct office and, if the conduct continued or escalated, local law enforcement in Pittsburgh or the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center), sue for an unlawful act, and publish the notice with its evidence.

Limits of this record

  • This is my account and my legal reading; no court or authority has made a finding.
  • I identified the account holder from a public professional profile only, and he may deny it.
  • Quotations are my English renderings of Sundanese and Indonesian originals captured in screenshots.
  • The US law note is informational and unverified, and the damages figure is a demand, not an assessed loss.
  • I am not a lawyer, and this post is not legal advice.

Right of reply and correction

Mr. Rizaldy Al Kautsar U. is invited to respond, correct, or add context. A substantive reply may be published alongside this article, edited only for privacy, safety and relevance. If reliable evidence shows any statement here is wrong, I will correct it and note the change.

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Rahmat Wibowo, Founder & CEO, InfraLoka — infraloka.co.id