The clip shows suspects in Indonesia’s corruption case, not “students who insult Prabowo”
After a video of an anti-acute protester video, protesters called Prabowo Subianto a “dog” sparking anger among his supporters in Indonesia, sharing a video in the post that falsely claimed the protester was identified as the head of the student group and was arrested. In fact, the video shows several women taking billions of pounds of embezzlement from a public health centre for allegedly embezzlement.
“Women who insulted the president during the protests were formally arrested,” Indonesia wrote in a Tiktok video shared on February 28, 2025.
The video has been viewed over 37,000 times and shows the prosecution service officer Escort a few female Wearing a mask and prison uniform. oneUdio for the person who sings “Prabowo is a dog” can be heard in the background.
Covered text title “The power of Indonesian netizens“The arrest of protesters who have been insulted by the president, said she was the head of the student body of Airlangga University at Surabaya State University.
Screenshot of False Tiktok Post, captured on March 13, 2025
The video was released after competing protesters spoke and sang “Prabowo is a dog” during a national demonstration in February, opposing budget cuts from the Prabowo government, aiming to fund plans for free restaurants and other large-scale campaigns (archived here and here).
The austerity measures announced by Prabowo in late January have sparked thousands of student protesters rally across the Indonesian city, underpinned by a social media campaign known as “Dark Indonesia.”
The footage of protesters insulting the president has sparked anger among government supporters and pro-government influencers who say she has “goed too far” (here, here and here archive).
Videos of allegedly showing arrested protesters shared in Tiktok, X and elsewhere on YouTube.
But as of March 18, there were no official reports on the identity of the protester or whether she was detained.
Aulia Thaariq Akbar, principal of the student group at Airlangga University, told AFP on March 14 that the woman photographed the insult Prabowo was not a member of its organization.
Aulia added that no member of his group was arrested after the protests.
Reverse image search on Google using keyframes in wrongly shared videos resulted in the same shots released by local broadcasters Semarang TV’s Tiktok page January 24 (Archive link).
Edit’S Javanese Language Title It said this shows that two Kemusu Public Health Center workers were called suspects in the corruption investigation.
Comparison of screenshots of fake shared video (L) and Semarang TV clips
The same footage is also posted on Semarang TV News’ YouTube channel and Liputan6-verified YouTube channel (archived here and here).
According to local media detik.com, the suspect worked as an accountant at a facility in Boyolali Regency, Central Java (archive link). They allegedly sent Rs 1.9 crore (US$116,000) away between 2017 and 2022.
AFP’s previous case made another false claim on the budget reduction protests.
