Video of a late Indonesian provincial guv’s funeral procession has actually been shown an incorrect claim it reveals individuals objecting versus a male’s arrest in an unassociated murder case. The video was shot in December 2023 in eastern Indonesia’s Papua province — months before the male in the event was apprehended in custody.
“Will make you shiver!! The circumstance of Cirebon city, June 1, 2024, requesting for justice based upon the 5th concept,” checked out the Indonesian-language caption of a TikTok video published on June 1, 2024.
The video footage — saw more than 535,000 times — reveals a big crowd collected on the roadway, with superimposed text that equates as: “Looking for justice, no victim any longer, this is Cirebon, I am a Cirebonese, I don’t comprehend, this is genuinely a demonstration for the late Vina and Eki and justice for Pegi.”
The post described Vina Dewi Arsita and Muhammad Rizky — a couple killed in West Java’s Cirebon in August 2016. It likewise discussed Pegi Setiawan, a male detained on Might 21, 2024 over the killings, regional media reported (archived link). He has actually rejected any participation.
AFP has actually formerly unmasked false information about the double murder case here.
Authorities stated Pegi was amongst the preliminary list of 11 members of a motorbike gang accountable for the killings (archived link).
8 other members of the gang were currently founded guilty — 7 of whom have actually been sentenced to life in jail, while one was launched in 2020 after finishing 4 years of his eight-year sentence (archived link).
The very same videos were shared along with a comparable incorrect claim on Facebook here and here; and on YouTube here acquiring more than 4,000 views.
However the video reveals a funeral procession for Lukas Enembe — a previous guv of the Indonesian province of Papua, who passed away in December 2023.
Funeral crowd
A Google reverse image search discovered the clip was utilized in a report released by regional media outlet Kontan on December 28, 2023 about Lukas’ funeral service (archived link).
The scene in the incorrect clip can be seen at the 20-second mark of the Kontan video.
Indonesian-language text in the video read: “Individuals paraded Enembe’s body from the airport to the Jayapura doctrinal school for the burial and after that took it to Lukas Enembe’s personal home in Kota Tengah, Muara Tami District, Jayapura City, Papua.”
Below is a screenshot contrast of the incorrect video (left) and the video in Kontan’s report (right):
Regional media reported that the crowd paraded Lukas’ body from Sentani Airport to a school of faith in the city (archived link).
A number of functions in the Kontan video likewise verify the video was shot in the Papua province — especially the display screen board, the design of the bridge’s railings and the Horison Express Sentani structure, a hotel in Papua province.
Below is a contrast of these functions in between the Kontan report (left), the very same area of the roadway as seen on Google Street View (leading right), and a photo of the Horison Express Sentani structure as seen on its Instagram account (bottom right):
Lukas passed away from kidney failure on December 26, 2023 while serving an eight-year jail sentence for a graft conviction, regional media reported (archived link).
