JAKARTA - The National Police is investigating hoax spreaders or fake news containing narratives related to the neutrality of the National Police Chief General Pol Listyo Sigit Prabowo in the 2024 General Election. Head of the Public Information Bureau (Karopenmas) of the National Police Public Relations Division Brigadier General Pol Trunoyudo Wisnu Andiko said that his party had asked for clarification from the CEO of KBA News Ramadhan Tree related to digital newsletters that broadcast fake news is not a journalistic product produced by KBA Newspaper. "According to Mr. Ramadhan Pohan, it is true that "He is part of the KBA News editorial team, but not the kba newspaper and once again according to the person concerned, never the KBA News editorial team made the digital bulletin," Trunoyudo said, quoted by ANTARA, Tuesday, February 13. Based on the results of the clarification, Trunoyudo said, it is suspected that there was an irresponsible party who deliberately spread hoaxes on behalf of or profiting KBA News. The one-star police general added, KBA News plans to report the news maker The digital told the police. "It is suspected that the method used the name KBA News, then made a hoax narrative. From the KBA News side, he said he would clarify that the hoax was never made by the editor," he said. In addition, said Trunoyudo, KBA News will also write a clarification letter to the National Police Chief and report the profiteering of his media name. Not only that, he continued, KBA News is also ready to work with the National Police to investigate the perpetrators of the hoax maker and spreader.. "Thank you, Mr. Ramadhan Pohan also said that he would cooperate with us to investigate the perpetrators of the fake news making who used the name of the KBA News media," said Trunoyudho. the digital presidential election was made in PDF format entitled "Masif and LSP Structured Silent Steps for Prabowo and Gibran", consisting of 91 pages. On the front page of the digital bulletin, there is a photo of the National Police Chief, Kabaintelkam Polri Komjen Pol. Suntana, President Joko Widodo (Jokowi), 6th President of the Republic of Indonesia Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, First Lady Iriana Jokowi, and presidential-vice presidential candidate pair number 02 Prabowo Subianto and Gibran Rakabuming Raka. The National Police also confirmed that the information contained in the digital bulletin was fake news or hoaxes. Separate, CEO of KBA News Ramadhan Pohan at the National Police Headquarters in the morning Earlier, he said that the digital news bulletin containing the fake news was not a journalistic product, either online KBA News or printed KBA News. Pohan said he had coordinated intensively with the police who were responsive to ask for clarification from his party.

Based on the broadcast of the digital newsletter that used the name of the media, Pohan admitted that his party was harmed and would make a police report to investigate the perpetrators. "We feel aggrieved and we report and we want the police to also find out, and resolve to get the culprit and be legally responsible and according to the law they defend," said Pohan.


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