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No, this video does not show a raid on illegal workers in Indonesia just before national elections

Published on 24 January 2019 at 10:00

A video clip that has been viewed hundreds of thousands of times on Facebook purports to show a raid on illegal Chinese workers carried out by the Indonesian government a few months before April’s presidential election. The video does show a raid on illegal workers, but the footage is four years old and has no connection to the polls.

No, this picture does not show Indonesian ride-hailing app drivers declaring support for a presidential candidate

Published on 24 January 2019 at 07:30

An image shared hundreds of times on Facebook claims to show drivers from two major ride-hailing apps declaring their support for former military general Prabowo Subianto in Indonesia’s upcoming presidential elections. The image is a doctored photo of drivers objecting to regulations on ride-hailing services which has no link to the election.

No, this is not an Indonesian election poll showing an ex-general in the lead

Published on 22 January 2019 at 09:30

A post on Facebook which has been shared hundreds of times purports to show survey results from a respected Jakarta-based pollster giving former military general Prabowo Subianto a commanding lead in the race for Indonesia’s presidency. The pollster, however, said it had not conducted the survey and real polls have shown incumbent president Joko Widodo well ahead of Subianto ahead of April elections.

No, this is not a video of a January 15, 2019 Indonesian ferry disaster

Published on 17 January 2019 at 08:30

Multiple social media posts have shared a video they claim shows a ferry with 183 people onboard sinking into Indonesia’s Lake Toba on January 15. The claim is false: the video actually shows a 2016 boat disaster in another part of the Southeast Asian country and local officials have said there was no accident on Lake Toba that day.

No, these pictures do not show a major rally against Indonesian President Joko Widodo in his hometown

Published on 16 January 2019 at 05:15

Posts on Facebook and Twitter claim to show photos of a major rally supporting Indonesian presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto in Solo, the hometown of incumbent Joko Widodo. The photos are taken from mainstream media reports of rallies in 2016 in Jakarta by Muslim groups against the city’s then governor.

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