Two days after Mico Fanji Tirtayasa uploaded a confessional video claiming he had been pressured by a Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigator to testify on a bribe given to Constitutional Court Chief Justice Akil Mochtar, Firdaus Taufik received a message via Facebook. Mico had contacted him with a message giving the impression that he was under threat.

The message was sent by Mico in early May, at 11:07pm. "Protect me, Oom. I'm being