Reported To The Police, Hadi Pranoto Peramu Herbal COVID-19: Who Is The Victim?

Anji and Hadi Pranoto (Photo: Instagram @duniamanji)

JAKARTA - Hadi Pranoto's claim that he found herbal ingredients as antibodies to COVID-19 led to a police report. Hadi Pranoto was surprised that the reporter had policed it.

“I want to know where the problem (so) I was reported. Kan (reporting) someone has to be harmed and someone should be a victim. Who is the victim? " said Hadi Pranoto when contacted by VOI, Monday, August 3 evening.

For Hadi Pranoto, investigations are the domain and authority of the police. But about reporting against him, Hadi again questioned the basis.

"The police investigating is okay, that's the police's job and authority. We need to prove the problem of truth (herbal COVID-19), "he said.

Pranoto and Erdian Aji Prihartanto alias Anji were officially reported to Polda Metro Jaya. Hadi and Anji were reported because they were thought to be spreading false news about claims for the herbal medicine for COVID-19 antibodies.

"First, Anji, because he was the owner of the account who distributed it and Hadi Pranoto who declared the fake news," Muanas told reporters, Monday, August 3.

Meanwhile, Hadi Pranoto was reported for allegedly delivering false news. Hadi Pranoto's statement published by MANJI's YouTube world assessed Muannas about COVID-19 herbs and rapid prices and swab tests that could cause uproar in the community.

"I think professor Hadi Pranoto can be held accountable under Article 14, Article 15 of Law Number 1 Year 1946 concerning the prohibition of fake news," said Muannas.

The Indonesian Doctors Association (IDI) also responded to Hadi Pranoto's claim. Hadi's claim is considered misleading, and his track record is also in doubt.

"(Hadi Pranoto's) claims must be straightened out because they are untrue, misleading," said IDI Executive Board COVID-19 spokesperson, Erlina Burhan.

In the interview video on MANJI's YouTube channel, Hadi Pranoto made a number of claims. He admitted that he had succeeded in creating a COVID-19 antibody herbal medicine which was claimed to have been distributed to Java, Sumatra and Bali.

In addition, Hadi Pranoto, who was called a 'professor' in an interview with Anji, said the potion was effective in curing positive COVID-19 patients within 2-3 days.

Hadi Pranoto also claims about new technology to test positive for COVID-19 through sweat and saliva. With this technology, the swab test, the price of which Hadi claims, can be cheaper, ranging from IDR 10-20 thousand.

"Those are only testimonials, not from research. So I think his claim is not true, because we have evidence based medicine (a medical approach based on scientific evidence), "said Erlina.