<p>JAKARTA, Indonesia &mdash; The Indonesian government said Friday it&rsquo;s investigating Facebook over the privacy breach of its Indonesian users.</p>

<p>The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology said in a statement that it had asked the National Police chief to investigate possible violations of Indonesia&rsquo;s privacy law a day after Facebook announced that personal data of more than 1 million Indonesians might have been exposed by political consultant Cambridge Analytica.</p>

<p>It said Facebook representatives in Indonesia could face up to 12 years in prison and a fine of $871,000 if convicted.</p>

<p>The ministry summoned the representatives late Thursday to deliver a warning letter.</p>

<p>Communications Minister Rudiantara told reporters after the meeting that he has asked Facebook to stop its applications that could allow third parties to get users&rsquo; personal information.</p>

<p>&ldquo;We ask Facebook to provide us their audit results to see how the personal information is used by the Cambridge Analytica,&rdquo; said Rudiantara, who, like many Indonesians, uses a single name.</p>

<p>Facebook Indonesia head of public policy Ruben Hattari said they will keep cooperating with the Indonesian government.</p>

<p>&ldquo;Our main goal is to secure privacy data of all Facebook users,&rdquo; Hattari said after the meeting.</p>

<p>Indonesia is the world&rsquo;s fourth-largest Facebook user with more than 115 million active members, and nearly 97 percent of them are on mobile devices.</p>
