Whistleblower Said Didu Admits His Party Is Not PIK 2's Foot

Former Secretary Of State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN) Muhammad Said Didu/Ist

TANGERANG - Chairman of the Association of Village Governments of All Indonesia (APDESI) Tangerang Regency, Maskota clarified that he and other parties reported Said Didu to the police on the basis of the unrest of the people of Tangerang Regency.

"Our basis (Village Heads, Institutions, Ormas and community leaders) reported Said Didu, namely, the first is that the village head is accused of forcing residents to sell land to developers, the second (is accused) of arbitrarily displacing residents in an inhuman way," Maskota explained to the media, Monday, November 18, 2024.

The mayor is of the opinion that the village head was chosen directly by the community and village heads to serve the community. He also assessed that the news discussed by the former Secretary of State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN) was very untrue and violated the ITE Law.

"We reported Said Didu because all the narratives he made were hoaxes and it was a incitement to pit our people against each other," Maskota shouted.

He also denied the allegations that the Village Heads in Tangerang Regency, especially North Tangerang, were PIK 2 accomplices. According to Maskota, the report submitted did not have any correlation with PIK 2.

"We reported that Said Didu had nothing to do with PIK 2. We reported that Said Didu took the initiative with village heads and Apdesi Tangerang Regency, and the community, purely absent from interference with PIK 2," he explained.