The Issue Of Luxury Homes Anies Baswedan From Developers, Apparently Taken From Home Sales Sites

JAKARTA - Circulating the issue on social media that the Governor of DKI Jakarta Anies Baswedan received a luxury home gift from a reclamation developer on social media.

It is said that the luxury house is located in the Kebayoran Baru area. According to a post circulating, there is a luxury two-story house. The house was whitewashed with gold-twinkled ornaments. The house also looks spacious.

Founder of Drone Emprit, Ismail Fahmi as reported from era.id, Monday, May 24, revealed the truth of the wild narrative. Based on his search with several Reverse Image Search tools, it turns out that the photo of the luxury house was taken from a home sales advertising site.

Based on the information in the advertisement, the house is located in Cijantung, East Jakarta. The ad was last posted on July 15, 2018.

In response to the news, Anies asked the accused to prove his allegations.

"If it is mentioned (can be home) I do not need to prove, which proves it (should be) the accused", Anies told reporters in Jakarta on Monday.

Anies said the media should look for and pursue the truth of the news so that it can display the full news. According to him, these kinds of issues should make the media more critical.