Letter of Demand No. 017/SOMASI/RW/VIII/2026: Marcello Faria (English Edition)

This post summarises Somasi No. 017/SOMASI/RW/VIII/2026, a formal legal notice I sent on 28 August 2026 to Mr. Marcello Faria, holder of the X account @Silberschatzz, who works in Tokyo, Japan. The letter was issued in Indonesian with English and Japanese translations. It is a demand letter, 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

Mr. Faria is an Indonesian citizen and an alumnus of the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB). Copies went to the ITB alumni association (IA-ITB) and to Mercari, Inc. in Tokyo, because his professional identity is attached to his account.

I give the context first: around September–October 2023 a viral post by a third party framed me as "the person who ruined the alma mater's reputation" and set off a bullying campaign by dozens of classmates. My letter says he did not own that account but took part in the campaign through two episodes:

1. 17 October 2023. A post reading, in my English rendering, "He time-travelled to January just to sue under the ITE Law, insane effort" (about 221 views). In my reading, it mocks and belittles my intention to pursue legal remedies.
2. 9 and 10 July 2025. While I was trying to recover, he posted "Bro came out after being sealed for 500 years and start hunting again, am I cook? Or.." with a screenshot of a "viewer history" showing my name (about 1,000 views), and "We even have 2 legends, each with their own uniqueness" (about 146 views). In my reading, the first compares me to the Monkey King sealed for 500 years, casts me as "hunting," and shows monitoring of my activity, and the second turns my suffering into public spectacle.

I also state that the July 2025 post drew participation from others, including a reply from another account in the same thread, and that his account has been one of the hotspots of online bullying against me. Those are my characterisations, and the letter does not name the other people.

Harm I described

Permanent reputational damage, an acute mental-health crisis including a bipolar disorder diagnosis, about 1.5 years of social isolation, lost professional networks and job opportunities, and roughly two years of recovery.

Legal basis I relied on

I wrote the letter myself, without a lawyer. For Indonesia it cites Art. 433(2) (written defamation) with Art. 441(1) of the new Criminal Code, Art. 27A jo. Art. 45(4) of the 2024 ITE Law, and Civil Code Arts. 1365, 1366, 1372 and 1373, with joint and several liability alongside others.

The cross-border angle: Indonesia and Japan

Because he lives and works in Japan, the letter discusses Indonesian jurisdiction over a citizen abroad, and Japanese law: Penal Code Art. 230 (defamation), Art. 231 (insult) and Art. 233 (damage to credibility or obstruction of business), Civil Code Art. 709 (tort), and the Provider Liability Limitation Act for sender-information disclosure and takedown through Japanese courts. I noted that Indonesia and Japan have no bilateral extradition treaty, and I described possible routes: extradition without a treaty on reciprocity under Art. 3 of Japan's Extradition Law, mutual legal assistance, transfer of proceedings, an Interpol notice, and a direct complaint or civil action in Japan. I presented these as available mechanisms, not predictions.

What I demanded

By Monday, 31 August 2026, 17:00 WIB, I asked him to:

1. Remove all posts and screenshots that attack or accuse me, including the 2023 and July 2025 posts, with proof;
2. Cease all cyber-attack, surveillance and negative narratives, with a written undertaking;
3. Publish an open apology on his public account for at least 30 days;
4. Pay IDR 1,500,000,000 in non-pecuniary compensation, twice the IDR 750,000,000 maximum fine under Art. 45(6) of the 2024 ITE Law.

I offered coordination by email. If he did not comply, I stated I would file criminal reports in Indonesia, seek Interpol and legal-assistance channels, sue for an unlawful act, pursue parallel complaints under Japanese law, 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.
• Quotations are my English renderings of Indonesian and English originals captured in screenshots.
• The compensation 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. Marcello Faria 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 Japanese edition: Letter of Demand No. 017 (English + 日本語).

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