Kilas Timor journalis, Ferdi Talok experienced terror and intimidation on December 5, 2023. There were two unknown men came to his house and threw stones. The window in the bedroom was broken resulting of this incidents.
A few days earlier, Ferdi had received a threat from Facebook group of the Residents called Belu Tabongkar (english: free speech). An account called @Sparthadm wrote threats to several journalists who had written about the illegal gambling activity.
Contain of the threat: Journalists who have ability to write, should also have the ability to protect yourself. Because you are facing the angry gamblers impact of the closeness of the gambling sites.
In other post, @SparthaDM wrote a threat he/she would arrive on every your house, because the public space to do the gambling now is forbidden. We are all know your house location.