VIDEO: Private TV Director Spreads Hoax Leads To Prisoners

JAKARTA - The arrest of the director of a private TV turned out to be related to the spread of fake news on the YouTube account 'Aktual TV'. The content of the YouTube channel has the potential to cause trouble.

"This is different from television, there is content that he creates on the YouTube platform on his YouTube channel called Aktual TV. This is not registered with the press council," said Head of Public Relations of the Metro Jaya Police Grand Commissioner Yusri Yunus to reporters, Friday, October 15.

The police arrested the TV director named Arief Zainurrohman alias AZ. He is the head of BSTV Bondowoso.

In addition, there were two other people who were arrested with the initials M and AF. They are account managers to voice actors in the content on the account.

"The second suspect is M, this is the channel manager who does the editing and uploading and content creators," said Yusri.

"The third is AF, he is a voice actor or narrator in the content on the Aktual TV YouTube account," he continued.

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