Rahmat Wibowo, in a police public-relations T-shirt and casting himself as a carrier of 'the police's messages to the public', taught that people who report us 'are not automatically evil' and that his examples 'point to no one', while calling Ibrahim Arief 'Ibangsat', mocking Abil Sudarman's University of London degree and saying a Machi Achmad and Partners lawyer was 'strongly suspected of ill intent from the start'

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Rahmat Wibowo, in a police public-relations T-shirt and casting himself as a carrier of 'the police's messages to the public', taught that people who report us 'are not automatically evil' and that his examples 'point to no one', while calling Ibrahim Arief 'Ibangsat', mocking Abil Sudarman's University of London degree and saying a Machi Achmad and Partners lawyer was 'strongly suspected of ill intent from the start'

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He published it on YouTube on 19 October 2026. Minute links open the video at that point.

  • The shirt. Wearing the police public-relations T-shirt again, he says he has no affiliation but, as someone who got the shirt, “carries the responsibility of being a channel for the police’s messages to the general public” (minute 0). His slides say the examples “are hypothetical and do not point to anyone” and that the presumption of innocence applies to reporters and the reported alike (minute 1).
  • Asides. Reading a slide on the London origins of modern policing, he says “London again” is “for that Ibangsat and Ababil who claims to be from the University of London”, aimed at Ibrahim Arief and Abil Sudarman (minute 3–4). On the slide saying a person who reports us “is not automatically evil”, he adds that “one of the lawyers” at Machi Achmad and Partners, Machrio Achmad Nurhatta’s firm, “is openly and strongly suspected of ill intent from the start”, and laughs (minute 7). He published it the same day as his “message” to the firm.

Transcript

[YouTube video, "Sahabat, Bukan Musuh: Memahami Polisi, Laporan, dan Undangan Klarifikasi Pesan Rahmat Wibowo", 19 October 2026, 15 minutes. Excerpts from YouTube's automatic captions.] [0:00] Sebagai orang yang mendapatkan baju ini, saya ini mengemban tanggung jawab untuk menjadi penyalur dari pesan-pesan Kepolisian kepada masyarakat umum. (As someone who got this shirt, I carry the responsibility of being a channel for the police's messages to the general public.) [1:00] Kedua, contoh yang saya pakai hipotesis dan tidak menunjuk orang tertentu. (Second, the examples I use are hypothetical and do not point to anyone.) [3:00] London lagi udah kayak Facebook London ini buat si Ibangsat serta Ababil yang ngakunya dari University of London (London again, like Facebook London, this one's for that Ibangsat and Ababil who claims to be from the University of London) [7:00] Jadi, ketika seorang melaporkan kita, ia sedang menggunakan haknya. Ia tidak otomatis jahat [...] Walaupun kalau si pengacara dari Machi Achmad and Partners, oknum salah satu pengacaranya, itu terang-terangan diduga kuat berniat jahat dari awal. [tertawa] (So when someone reports us, they are using their right. They are not automatically evil [...] Although that lawyer from Machi Achmad and Partners, one of its lawyers, is openly and strongly suspected of ill intent from the start. [laughs])