Liputan6.com, Jakarta - The Information Technology and Cybercrime Sub-Directorate team from The Indonesian Criminal Investigation Agency (Bareskrim Polri) went to arrest an Indonesian University student, following reports of his misconduct which involved threatening Singapore airlines.
Ilham, the man who has been captured, reportedly threatened the airline by claiming that he has planted a bomb inside Singapore Airlines SQ-221 en route Singapore-Sydney.
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Bareskrim Officer Simanjuntak informs how the university student currently enrolled in a private university situated in Jakarta and went to threaten the airlines via email on 1 July 2015.
"He was alone. He threatened the airlines and has caused for the delay of 3 other flights," Officer Victor explained, Wednesday (8/7/2015).
Officer Victor further informed how the threat was being sent via email and directed straightaway to the Singapore Airlines company.
Police went to arrest him today (8/7/2015) at 03.00 AM in his home.
"He went to threaten them via email. We do not know yet of his motives but we will look into it," he continued.
Ilham has reportedly violated Acts 28 Verse 2 from the Laws of Electronic Information Transaction (ITE) and likely to face jail time for 5 or more years. (Akp/Tnt)
