False posts about the “arrest” of the former Indonesian government abuse of unrelated editing

The video surfaced after news that an anti-planting agency in Indonesia raided the home of former West Java governor Ridwan Kamil, post that falsely claimed he was arrested. But the clip shows another politician, and there is no formal report that Ridwan has been sentenced to jail as of March 26, 2025.

The Indonesian language titled “Ridwan Kamil Arrested”, is a Facebook video that has received more than 54,000 views since its release on March 17. It shows officials escorting a man wearing a handcuffed mask.

“Drag them all so they end up going to jail together,” the text covered on the clip says.

The Jakarta Globe reported that authorities searched Ridwan’s residence on March 10 as part of an anti-plant investigation (archive link).

According to the publication, Indonesia’s Commission on Elimination of Corruption (KPK) is investigating allegations of advertising budgets for state-owned bank BJB when Ridwan served as governor of West Java from 2021 to 2023.

According to a press release seen by AFP reporters, the agency has designated five people as suspects who do not include Riwang.

Similar Facebook posts also mistaken the man in the clip for Ridwan, but there is no official report recently arrested, as part of the anti-corruption probe.

“Event without video describe,” KPK spokesman Tessa Mahardika told AFP on March 24.

In addition, on March 11, the state news agency Antara report (archive link) conducted a reverse image search on the keyframes of the video.

Antara identified the arrested person as Bachtiar, a member of the regional house of South Sumatra Province. politician, Who calls a nameThe report said it was allegedly involved in corruption cases related to palm oil plantations in the province.

A keyword search also found news reports from Kompas TV, showing arrests from different angles. The 23-second mark of the video shows Bachtiar’s face mask (a link to archive).