Rahmat Wibowo, revisiting the 2023 thread on his AWS dismissal, hoped Kahfi Soobhan Zulkifli would be jailed and 'isolated like in a cave'

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Rahmat Wibowo, revisiting the 2023 thread on his AWS dismissal, hoped Kahfi Soobhan Zulkifli would be jailed and 'isolated like in a cave'

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

  • Back to 2023. Calling himself “Ibam’s victim”, he scrolls through the September 2023 thread on the Fomo forum about his dismissal from AWS, which he had announced himself on LinkedIn, on an app he calls “illegal” (minute 0–2). Reading the line about being fired before a month at work, he corrects it: “I had worked a month” (minute 2). See his November post to Kahfi Soobhan Zulkifli about the same thread.
  • “Isolated like in a cave.” He names Kahfi Soobhan Zulkifli as the person behind an account in the thread and, punning on the meaning of “Kahfi” (“cave”), hopes he will be “jailed, alone, isolated like in a cave” (minute 1). He repeats the wish later (minute 11). He later titled a whole lecture as a message to Kahfi.
  • “Petrus” and the “Ibam Defenders Front”. Seeing comments by an account named “petra”, he calls out “Petrus” and lumps him with Ibrahim Arief, whom he keeps calling “Ibangsat”, as “FPI: Fadel Petrus Ibam”, the “Ibam Defenders Front” (minute 16–18).
  • “Bankrupt.” Reading commenters’ workplaces, he says “they’re all bankrupt”, naming Bukalapak, and that AWS is “on the way to liquidation in Indonesia” (minute 14). He offers nothing to support either claim.

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[YouTube video, "Kawal Ibam Ke Penjara : Awal Mula Konflik Ibrahim Arief, Rahmat Wibowo dan Kahfi Soobhan Zulkifli", 21 October 2026, 20 minutes. Excerpts from YouTube's automatic captions.] [0:00] saya adalah korbannya Ibam ya guys ya. Korban dari kesombongan, keangkuhan, dan kesewenang-wenangan Ibam ... ada thread viral di aplikasi ilegal Fomo Indonesia. (I am Ibam's victim, guys. A victim of Ibam's arrogance, haughtiness and abuse of power ... there's a viral thread on the illegal app Fomo Indonesia.) [1:00] Memang ini Kahfi itu artinya kan gua ya. Ya semoga aja nanti di dibui, jadi menyendiri, diisolasi kayak di gua gitu kan. (This Kahfi means cave, right. Hopefully he'll be jailed later, alone, isolated like in a cave.) [2:00] Kok bisa, ya, ada orang dipecat belum 1 bulan kerja? Salah. Saya sudah sebulan kerja. Sudah sebulan kerja. ("How can someone be fired before working a month?" Wrong. I had worked a month. I had worked a month.) [14:00] Sekarang semuanya bangkrut, tuh kan, Bukalapak bangkrut. AWS OTW likuidasi untuk yang Indonesia (Now they're all bankrupt, see, Bukalapak is bankrupt. AWS is on the way to liquidation in Indonesia) [17:00] Ibangsat Ibangsat memang Petrus sama Ibangsat ini. FPI ya Fadel Petrus Ibam. Front Pembela Ibam. (Ibangsat, Ibangsat, Petrus and this Ibangsat. FPI: Fadel Petrus Ibam. The Ibam Defenders Front.)