Rahmat Wibowo introduced himself as 'Ibam's victim' in a talk on Ibrahim Arief's appeal that told him not to 'play victim'

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Rahmat Wibowo introduced himself as 'Ibam's victim' in a talk on Ibrahim Arief's appeal that told him not to 'play victim'

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He published it on YouTube on 21 October 2026. Minute links open the video at that point.

  • “Ibam’s victim.” He opens his talk on Ibrahim Arief’s appeal, part of his “Kawal Ibam ke Penjara” (“Escort Ibam to prison”) series, by introducing himself as “Ibam’s victim” and saying the topic is something he is “annoyed with this person” about (minute 0). He then says he is in “a separate personal dispute” with the defendant and is speaking “as an advocate, even though I’m not an advocate” (minute 1–2).
  • “Not by playing victim.” He closes by telling Ibrahim’s side that “a public campaign is not evidence” and to fight “arguments with arguments, not by looking for supporters by playing victim” (minute 11). He says this in a video he opened by calling himself Ibrahim’s victim, in a series built to rally his own audience against Ibrahim.

Transcript

[YouTube video, "[Opini] Kawal Ibam Ke Penjara : Untuk Apa Banding? Menimbang Banding dan Kasasi tanpa Bukti Baru", 21 October 2026, 13 minutes. Excerpts from YouTube's automatic captions.] [0:00] Perkenalkan nama saya Rahmat Wibowo. Saya adalah korbannya Ibam ya. Nah, sekarang kita akan membahas tentang eh sesuatu yang saya itu kesal sama orang ini. (My name is Rahmat Wibowo. I am Ibam's victim. Now we'll discuss something about which I'm annoyed with this person.) [1:00] Saya itu dalam sengketa pribadi yang terpisah dengan terdakwa. (I am in a separate personal dispute with the defendant.) [2:00] tetapi sebagai advokat meskipun saya bukan advokat ya kita menguji klaim sebelum mempercayainya. (but as an advocate, even though I'm not an advocate, we test claims before believing them.) [11:00] Kampanye publik bukan alat bukti. ... Hormati proses, lawan argumen dengan argumen, bukan cari pendukung dengan playing victim. (A public campaign is not evidence. ... Respect the process, fight arguments with arguments, not by looking for supporters by playing victim.)