Letter of Demand No. 042/SOMASI/RW/VIII/2026: Aurelia Vizal (English Edition)
This post reproduces the substance of Somasi No. 042/SOMASI/RW/VIII/2026, a formal legal notice I sent on 31 August 2026 to Ms. Aurelia Vizal over content I believe attacked my honour and good name between October 2023 and mid-2026. It is a demand letter, not a police report, court filing or finding. Ms. Vizal has not responded here, and I do not assert that she is guilty of any offence.
Why I sent this notice
In September 2023 I was dismissed from AWS Indonesia during probation over a job title stated in one article. In October 2023 a viral post labelled me "the person who made his alma mater look bad," and a wave of online bullying followed.
My notice states that Ms. Vizal, holder of the X account @senjatanuklir and the Instagram account @aureliavizal, took part in that wave from October 2023 and kept going through mid-2026, including at times when I was doing and saying nothing about her. In my reading she created or co-authored content portraying me negatively, amplified negative narratives to at least 100,000 views, and turned my dismissal and my mental health condition into public content.
I was candid in the letter about a limit: the verbatim posts, dates, links and view counts were still being compiled. The notice rests on a documented pattern; the exact wording of each post would be set out at the investigation stage, including through data requests to the platforms.
Who the letter was addressed to, and why
The letter went to Ms. Vizal personally, with copies to:
- Malaka Project (attention: Mr. Ferry Irwandi and the collaboration/legal division), because she publicly presents herself as a writer/contributor there and her audience is amplified through that ecosystem;
- Ming Chuan University, Taiwan, and the Indonesian Economic and Trade Office (KDEI) in Taipei, because she is a student in Taiwan and any follow-up could cross jurisdictions;
- the Cyber Crime Directorate of the Indonesian National Police and the Bekasi Metro Police integrated service centre, as a pre-report record.
The public profile screenshots I attached show approximately 303,300 X followers, approximately 128,000 Instagram followers, and roughly 890,000 followers for the Malaka Project account.
The legal basis I relied on
I wrote the letter myself, without a lawyer. I first noted that Indonesia's new Criminal Code (Law No. 1 of 2023, in force since 2 January 2026) now governs insult and defamation by electronic means, with the 2024 ITE Law kept as a normative reference. My primary bases were:
| Provision | What it covers | Notes from the letter |
|---|---|---|
| Art. 433(2) KUHP | Written defamation, published in public | Primary basis; prima facie elements set out in a table |
| Art. 434 KUHP | Slander (imputation the person knows is untrue) | Qualifying basis; I said openly that the "contrary to what is known" element could not yet be confirmed |
| Art. 441(1) KUHP | One-third aggravation for information technology | Applied to both of the above |
| Art. 436 KUHP | Minor insult | Alternative basis for pure abuse, such as mockery of my mental health |
| Art. 45B jo. Art. 29, 2024 ITE Law | Electronic intimidation | Secondary basis; I noted the "sent directly to the victim" element was uncertain for public posts |
| Civil Code Arts. 1365, 1366, 1372, 1373 | Unlawful act, insult, restoration of honour | Basis for the civil claim |
I also listed the weak points of my own case: that she might call it opinion, say she only reshared, say she never named me, or say the conduct is old. I answered each briefly, and noted that these offences are complaint offences under Art. 442 KUHP, so the complaint is mine to file.
What I demanded
Within three calendar days, by Thursday, 3 September 2026, 17:00 WIB, I asked her to:
- Remove all content that attacks my honour and good name and show proof of removal;
- Publish a public apology on X and Instagram, visible for at least 30 days, acknowledging that the narratives were untrue;
- Cease further posts or amplification, directly or through others;
- Pay IDR 3,000,000,000 in immaterial damages, computed as four times the IDR 750,000,000 maximum fine under Art. 45B jo. Art. 29, with material damages to be claimed separately in a civil suit.
I said I was open to settling by email within the deadline.
What I said would follow
If she did not comply, I stated I would file two separate criminal reports (one for the October–November 2023 episode, one for 2024–2026), bring a civil suit for unlawful acts, ask Malaka Project to take an official position, and publish the notice with its evidence. The letter also set out, in English with Chinese characters and pinyin, how Taiwan's criminal and civil law, mutual legal assistance, and university discipline could apply. I described this as information, not as an excessive threat, and I acknowledged that extradition between Indonesia and Taiwan is discretionary and rarely used.
The harm I described
I wrote that the conduct damaged my reputation before more than 100,000 people, contributed to a relapse of my bipolar disorder and PTSD symptoms, and left me socially isolated for about 1.5 years.
Limits of this record
- The letter is my account and my legal reading. No court or authority has made a finding.
- The verbatim posts were not attached to the letter; only profile and affiliation screenshots were.
- 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
Ms. Aurelia Vizal 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.
This letter also exists in a bilingual English and Chinese edition: Letter of Demand No. 042 (English + 中文).
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Rahmat Wibowo, Founder & CEO, InfraLoka — infraloka.co.id