[1] In 2020, Jerinx was sentenced to jail for defamation, after he accused Indonesia's chief medical association of being servile to the World Health Organization for mandating COVID-19 testing for pregnant women, which he claimed could kill them and their babies.

[4] Albums produced by SID include Case 15 (1997), Kuta Rock City (2003), Black Market Love (2006) and Sunset di Tanah Anarki (2013).

[6][7] On July 10, 2018, Jerinx demanded that Indonesian President Joko Widodo fulfill his promise in 2015 to follow up on the Benoa Bay reclamation issue.

[8] Jerinx has drawn public attention for his criticism of several political figures, including the Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Susi Pudjiastuti, Anang Hermansyah, and also of President Joko Widodo regarding the Surabaya bombings.

On November 11, 2018, Jerinx criticized dangdut singer Via Vallen in an Instagram post for recycling the 2013 SID song "Sunset di Tanah Anarki" without permission.

With millions of followers, at least contribute to the Melawan Lupa movement, or 1965 historical rectification, Kendeng's struggle, etc., there are so many things that VV can do without having to spend money.

In a post on his Instagram account, he accused the Indonesian Doctors Association (IDI) of being "lackeys" of the World Health Organization for requiring that mothers about to give birth be tested for coronavirus.

In October, he was arrested and charged with defamation,[14] under articles of the Indonesia's Information and Electronic Transactions Law (UU ITE) and Criminal Code (KUHP).