AINUN NAJIB, KAWALPEMILU.ORG fOUNDER:
Here's my data, where's yours?
AINUN Najib's eyes were glued to the iPhone he held, occasionally moving his thumb on the screen, when Tempo met him at the lobby of a well-known hospital in Singapore, on Saturday last week. Ainun had been reluctant to give an interview, given the notoriety kawalpemilu.org, the site he created, had gotten in his home country, these past few weeks.
He had lain low the past two days, on information that a certain person claiming to work for the campaign of one of the presidential candidates was hunting for him. "I must lie low before July 22," Ainun told Tempo. That was the date the General Elections Commission (KPU) was scheduled to announce the official final tally of the presidential election. He was willing to be interviewed after he checked out the background of the Tempo reporter Mahardika Satria Hadi, whom he met in Singapore. "My apologies for having to cross-check you first," said Ainun. But when he did agree to speak about it, he spoke intensely and passionately about the election vote-count website he created overseas, together with two of his colleagues.