The issue of false gallons of minerals is heel, experts: business competition motifs

Jakarta – The issue of the false gallon of Le minerals that was on social media is surely highs and forms of public disinformation. The Ministry of Communications and Digital (Komdigi) was issued by the Ministry of Communications and Digital (Komdigi) by its official website, which describes the information as a misleading HOACS. This is reinforced by an official statement from the police. Kasat Reskrim Metro Bekasi City Police, Police Commissioner Onkoseno Grandiaso Sukahar, who emphasizes the case of the sale of water unfit for consumption in the packaging of various liter of formerly well -known brands in Bekasi, is a suspicion of a violation of a business. “This case is an alleged violation of a business license of a perpetrator who does not have a refilled drinking water permit,” Oncoseno said in a written statement on Friday (6/6/2025). Browse to continue with the content testimony found on the place does not indicate the existence of gallon production, seals or gallon lid Le minerals that look like the original product. Oncoseno said the gallon lid used was different from the new one and visible. “The safety ring in the Gallon is also in an open condition because the former is used,” Oncoseno said. The expert suspected that the existence of a black campaign with a business competition with the coordinating research coordinator of the Indonesian Anti -Hoaks Journalists Association (PWI) and lecturer in Communications Sciences at Dian Nusantara University, Algooth Putranto, a massive coordination in the spread of this HOKS, to the alleged black campaign against minerals. Furthermore, this black campaign is widely distributed on social media. “The motive can be a business competition between bottled drinking water businesses (AMDK),” Algooth said. According to the senior lecturer in communication science, many posts on Instagram, Tiktok and X that were compact to build false Gallon le mineral HOAKS opinions in the Bekasi area in the Cupment environment. Algooth confirmed that this choir involved hundreds of social media accounts for days without break. In fact, Algooth said, when he referred to the official explanation of the police, was the alleged abuse of a business license by an owner of drinking water depot. In fact, from the evidence confiscated by police on the business world, a used gallon coverage of Le Minerals and Aqua was found. “The testimony of this matter contains liter and seals of a number of well -known AMDK brands, but the stronghold of the buzzer is only minerals. It’s strange, not true,” Algooth said. “It seems that everything really is being moved to damage the reputation of LE minerals,” he continued. On the other hand, algooth also questions the ‘uniformity’ of the news that Le minerals had in the corner. According to Algooth, based on semiotic analysis of this circulating news ‘suspicious’ because the news content is relatively the same. Algooth’s opinion was also reinforced by legal observers and Fendy Ariyanto, consumer protection. According to Fendy, the most important legal aspect in this case is the alleged deviation of licensing of business and alleged violations of the safety of bulk drinking water products produced by the water depot business. “The article used by the police refers to consumer protection and food safety, not on brand offenses. It is therefore a case of alleged violations of the business license, which may be the guilty of criminal sanctions for the deception of consumers,” Fendy said. In the previous press conference (5/23), the apparatus called an SST as a suspect with a layered law. The police use Article 8 paragraph (1) Letters A, D and E Jo section 62 paragraph (1) of the Act No. 8/1999 regarding consumer protection, and section 140 Jo section 86 paragraph (2) of the Act No. 18/2012 on food. (AKD/AKD) HOEGENG Awards 2025 Read the inspiring story of the exemplary police candidate here