‘No viral, no justice’: Detained Indonesian whistleblower Alvin Lim’s teenage daughter leads social media campaign to free him

 “He did not make these allegations lightly, because Mr Lim had evidence to back up his claims,” Nugroho said.

State lawyers across the country nevertheless lodged a total of 185 apparently coordinated complaints to police against Lim’s September 12 video entitled “State Attorney’s Office A Mafia Den”, accusing him of defamation.

Lim’s case was then reopened by the state attorney’s office which claimed that the lawyer’s arrest and subsequent incarceration by the South Jakarta High Court were legal.

South Jakarta state attorney spokesman Ade Sofyan insisted his agency had only acted to execute the court order, adding, “His legal team can always appeal, which I have heard they plan to do.”