An Indonesian woman who exposed her cheating boss has been slapped with a six - month jail term for her trouble . The supreme court’s shoc...
An Indonesian woman who exposed her cheating boss has been slapped with a six - month jail term for her trouble .
The supreme court’s shock ruling overturned an earlier court decision that had cleared the woman , Baiq Nuril Maknun , of breaking a controversial law against spreading indecent material .
“I ’m saddened and shocked by this sentence ,” Maknun ’s husband Lalu Muhamad Isnaini said Friday in reaction to the ruling , which was issued last week .
The odd case stretches back to 2012 when Maknun recorded a conversation in which the principal of the school where she worked on the island of Lombok revealed graphic sexual details about an affair he was having with another colleague.
Co- workers of the school administrator who herself had rebuffed the principal ’s repeated advances later convinced Maknun to release the recording in a bid to expose the man ’s history of lecherous behaviour , according to her lawyer Joko Jumadi.
“The principal shared very graphic details about his affair with the school ’s treasurer in the recording ,” he told AFP .
In response , the principal fired Maknun and filed a complaint with authorities .
Maknun was initially cleared of the charges by a local court in Lombok , next to holiday hotspot Bali .
But , last Friday , Indonesia ’ s top court reversed that decision, finding her guilty of violating the electronic information law and sentencing her to six months’ jail along with a 500 million rupiah ( $ 34 ,000 ) fine .
The 36 - year -old Maknun told local reporters that the ruling was unfair.
“I ’m just a victim what did I do wrong?” she said at the time.
The court did not give reasons for its verdict .
The prosecutor ’s office in Lombok told AFP on Friday it is reviewing the case before Maknun begins her sentence .
Indonesia ’s corruption - riddled justice system has long been criticised for the quality of its rulings , while the electronic information law itself has come under fire for being too vague and open to misuse .
( AFP )
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