BRI Imbau Masyarakat Tak Mudah Terpancing Isu Uang Hilang Di Media Sosial

JAKARTA PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia (Persero) Tbk appealed to the public not to be provoked by the issue of money being lost and wise in using social media.

In the last two weeks, videos or social media content (Instagram, Tiktok, Facebook, and X) have emerged containing information that lost money has been saved and invited to the public to withdraw their funds at the bank.

Responding to this, BRI Corporate Secretary Agustya Hendy Bernadi explained the facts experienced by BRI regarding the circulation of missing money videos circulating in the Community in recent times:

1. Content Viral Through Social Media And Circulating On WhatsApp

Hendy said that the content and information circulating about money being lost at BRI recently went viral on social media until it circulated through whatsapp that could not be justified.

The content was deliberately went viral by irresponsible parties and was troubling the public, because some of them contained an invitation to withdraw their savings.

2. Viralized And Enlivened By Bodong Accounts To Buzzers

The content, which contains the narrative of saving in an unsafe bank and the invitation to withdraw all money at BRI, is quite disturbing The community has similarities, one of which is being posted by credible accounts.

One of them is the Instagram account @kr1t1k_p3d45 on May 3, 2024, uploading a video taken from an old video (in 2023) on portaljtv.com with the narrative that saving at a bank is not safe due to customer money being 'lost'.

Sebelumnya pada bulan April juga sempat viral di social media tiktok @rakyatdotnews dan whatsapp mengenai kasus hijabnya uang Rp400 juta nasabah di Makassar bernama Sigit Presetya pada tahun 2018, yang ternyata uang tersebut dibilang sendiri oleh nasabah dan diinvestasikan kepada pihak tidak resmi (bodong) kepada teman dekat Sigit yang merupakan kerja BRI bernama Zul Ilman Amir.

Selain itu, akun sosial media (Instagram, Tiktok, Facebook) Rama News (@ramanews) pada 23 April 2024 juga mengunggah sebuah video yang terklarifikasi hoax yang diambil dari akun TikTok widia_pengamatpolitik dengan nakalah adanya kejadian nasabah BRI yang kehilangan uang merupakan efek dari pemiluran untuk serangan bansos.

3. Filled with Hoax Information and Old Events (Casus in 2023, even 2018)

The viral missing money incident is an old incident with incomplete information. For example, the video uploaded by the kr1t1k_p3d45 Instagram account on platform X is an old incident (12 June 2023), where the three customers are victims of online fraud or social engineering crimes.

"So it is not true if it is narrated that saving in a bank is not safe, because in this incident, customers become victims of social engineering crimes or banking fraud crimes," added Hendy.

Meanwhile, information that has gone viral again on social media tiktok @rakyatdotnews related to the fraudulent investment case of Rp. 400 million by a customer named Sigit Presetya at BRI Makassar was an incident on August 29, 2018.

4. BRI Takes Legal Steps Because There Are Invitations To Withdraw Money And Cause Uneasyness

Due to the circulation of these videos and content, BRI itself took legal steps against parties who deliberately spread misleading news or content and could not be held accountable for the truth.

"BRI also takes firm action and takes legal action against related parties, because content contains misleading information, damages BRI's image and has the potential to cause unrest in the community," said Hendy.

5. Observer: Saving in a Safe Bank, Proposal to withdraw money can be punished

Regarding the invitation to withdraw money because of the news that a lot of money was lost, the Economist of the Segara Institute Piter Abdullah considered it unreasonable because the bank is the business unit in Indonesia which is the most closely monitored by the government.

This strict supervision of banks is carried out to give confidence to the public in the banking sector. Piter explained that from the start there were many rules that must be obeyed by banks, not to mention the strict supervision carried out by various agencies. In fact, even until banks are forced to go bankrupt, there are also many rules that must be obeyed.

"The banking agency is the most supervised. It is very regulated. The only business supervised from birth permits until he goes bankrupt is regulated. Which company is that strict? Only banking," said Piter.

Piter continued the potential spread of fake news, aka hoax, from the rush money invitation on social media. The public must also be vigilant and not be consumed by speech.

Especially with the reason that the money that suddenly disappeared when saved at the bank. If there is no evidence from the party who spreads the invitation about the money being lost at the bank, it should be the one who spreads the invitation that can be drawn to the realm of law to be punished.

"Those who made this invitation should be punished. Because this invitation is baseless and tends to convey one called a hoax earlier, it was stated that there were funds missing, this should be proven. If there is no evidence, the person concerned should be punished," said Piter.