Rahmat Wibowo, explaining his 'Bowobharata' series, called Abil Sudarman one of the 'rotten people' and said he rejects the rule 'crush your enemy totally', days after saying Ibrahim Arief must be 'exterminated'

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Rahmat Wibowo, explaining his 'Bowobharata' series, called Abil Sudarman one of the 'rotten people' and said he rejects the rule 'crush your enemy totally', days after saying Ibrahim Arief must be 'exterminated'

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He published it on YouTube on 1 November 2026. Minute links open the video at that point.

  • “Rotten people.” He opens a talk on the Mahabharata in Indonesian culture by calling himself “the enemy of many people because I speak the truth among these rotten people”, naming Abil Sudarman as one of them (minute 0). He explains “Bowobharata”, the name of his series, as “what I call myself”, and maps his legal fights onto the Pandavas’ war (minute 8–10).
  • “Crush your enemy totally”, rejected. He says he rejects Robert Greene’s law “crush your enemy totally”, because in the epic even the victors grieve (minute 12). In the previous ten days he had said it was “time to destroy Ibrahim Arief to the roots” and that Ibrahim “must be exterminated”.

Transcript

[YouTube video, "Kawal Rahmat Wibowo : Apa itu Bowobharata??? Mahabharata Yang Pulang ke Nusantara", 1 November 2026, 14 minutes. Excerpts from YouTube's automatic captions.] [0:00] saya adalah musuh banyak orang karena saya mengemukakan kebenaran di antara para orang-orang yang busuk ini. Salah satunya Abil Sudarman ya. (I'm the enemy of many people because I speak the truth among these rotten people. One of them is Abil Sudarman.) [8:00] Bowobharata adalah sebutan diri saya. ... Sebelum satu anak panah lepas, Krishna datang menawarkan perdamaian. (Bowobharata is what I call myself. ... Before a single arrow flies, Krishna comes to offer peace.) [12:00] Akhir hukum yang saya tinggalkan, yaitu hukum 12, hancurkan musuhmu sepenuhnya. Saya berbeda pendapat (The last law I leave out is law 12, crush your enemy totally. I disagree)