Reportedly Asking For Events Filled With Ayu Ting Ting To Be Stopped, MUI: This Is A Serious Hoax In The News!

JAKARTA - The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) was angry after it was reported by a number of mass media by quoting a statement from the MUI Infocom Commission administrator, Elvi Hudhriyah, who asked the TV program featuring Ayu Ting Ting to be stopped.

Elvi Hudhriyah explained, every month of Ramadan, MUI together with KPI conduct monitoring activities for television programs to give appreciation and support for positive programs, as well as evaluate and criticize programs that are not in line.

Meanwhile, the news circulating, said Elvi, was a discussion that developed in the release of activities on the tenth day of Ramadan 1441 H or coinciding with 2019.

In the written release and written monitoring report, Elvi's quote does not appear. The statement surfaced in the dialogue amid the release of Ramadan monitoring activities.

According to him, this activity has passed several years ago, but it gives the impression as if it just happened in March 2022.

"In other words, MUI, in this case I, as the source of the news, did not carry out monitoring release activities on March 16, 2022, let alone submit an application to the KPI," said Elvi as seen from the MUI official website, Tuesday, March 22.

Elvi admitted that he was surprised by the news published by a number of media with the article "MUI is known to have submitted a request to KPI to stop broadcasting Pesbukers" on Wednesday, March 16 last. Even other media also re-quote.

Elvi said that the title and the frame of this article give the impression that all TV programs that Ayu Ting Ting is filled with have been asked to stop because of her status as a widow.

“This is a serious mistake or hoax in generating news. What was asked to be stopped was a certain program during the monitoring that was carried out during the month of Ramadan, because certain scenes were inappropriate and had been given many inputs," he said.

Elvi revealed that a number of certain TV program managers actually made improvements because of the input and criticism.

Elvi explained, if there is a program that is considered to have exceeded the ethical limit, the MUI recommendation will be submitted to KPI to take further action according to the authority they have.

For this incident, Elvi hopes that the media that published the news will immediately clarify, develop the writer to work professionally, and apologize to the public.

"Because of this information twist, the MUI institution has received widespread minor attention on social media," he concluded.