A narrative went viral claiming that Hoho Alkaf, the Head of\nPurwasaba Village, Mandiraja District, Banjarnegara Regency, Central\nJava, was being boycotted from his position because he was reprimanded\nby the Minister of Immigration and Penitentiary, Agus Andrianto,\nregarding the tattoos covering his body. However, the narrative turned\nout to be a hoax.<\/p>\n
Several users of social media accounts on Facebook, Instagram,\nTikTok, and Threads edited a video of Minister Agus giving instructions\nat an internal ministry event in 2025. In the video, he discussed an\nImmigration officer in Bali who was new to the job and was found to be\nextorting foreign nationals, and who also had full-body tattoos.\nAccording to Minister Agus, someone who has been appointed as a civil\nservant should not commit crimes or dress as they please.<\/p>\n
This edited video, with the addition of photos of Village Head Hoho\nAlkaf and the hoax narrative claiming that the village head was being\nboycotted due to Minister Agus\u2019s statement, was widely circulated.\nVillage Head Hoho expressed his disappointment with the spread of this\nhoax content.<\/p>\n
\u201cAssalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh. In response to the\nvideos circulating on social media, including TikTok, Facebook, and\nInstagram, regarding the video of Mr.\u00a0Minister, Mr.\u00a0Agus, that video (of\nAgus Andrianto discussing tattoos) is quite old. And he mentioned that\nit was not about me, but about one of the Immigration officers in Bali\nwho was committing illegal acts\u2026 or criminal acts. And that he should be\ndealt with firmly,\u201d said Hoho Alkaf, as seen by detikcom in a video\nuploaded to his Facebook account on Wednesday (February 25, 2026).<\/p>\n
Hoho Alkaf questioned the motives of the social media users who\nedited the video of Minister Agus and then linked it to him. He\nemphasised that the video of Minister Agus was not about him.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, regarding the recent trend of many netizens editing the video to\nshow that Mr.\u00a0Agus, the Minister, does not like tattoos, I am very\ndisappointed with these netizens. Because what is the point of editing\nit so much? When it has nothing to do with me,\u201d said Hoho Alkaf.<\/p>\n
Hoho admitted that he has a good relationship with Minister Agus. To\ndemonstrate their closeness, Hoho said that he has met and spoken with\nMinister Agus several times via video calls.<\/p>\n
He also urged social media users to be wise. He hopes that social\nmedia users will not use any means to make their content go viral or\ngain more followers.<\/p>\n
\u201cMr.\u00a0Agus and I also know each other. I have also spoken to him\nseveral times on the phone, via video call. So, to all the netizens, I\nask that you don\u2019t do such edits just to make the video go viral or gain\nmore followers. I think that is not good and not important,\u201d said Hoho\nAlkaf.<\/p>\n
Finally, Hoho Alkaf hopes that netizens in Indonesia will be\nsceptical and not blindly believe social media content. He added that\nnetizens should investigate the information and check the facts before\ncommenting and making judgements. He also hopes that netizens will stop\nspreading hoaxes.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, to all the netizens in Indonesia, don\u2019t be so quick to believe.\nAfter seeing the new videos (published by anonymous accounts), check the\ndigital footprint first. There is a video that belongs to me, and there\nis a video that is four or five years old. And the video from the\nMinister himself is already more than a year old. So, I ask you to stop\ndoing things like that,\u201d concluded Village Head Hoho.<\/p>\n
Several netizens responded to Hoho\u2019s explanation video and left\ncomments in the comments section. Followers of Hoho\u2019s Facebook account\nexpressed their disappointment with the hoax video content.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, I was wrong to comment. I apologise to the Minister. Because I\nadmire the Village Head Hoho\u2019s efforts in development. So, if anyone\nslanders the Village Head Hoho, I won\u2019t accept it. That\u2019s why I shared\nit,\u201d said a Facebook user named Wa Gino.<\/p>\n
\u201cSince the emergence of pro-Facebook groups, many people have\nresorted to any means to earn a small amount of money, compared to the\nsin of defamation,\u201d said a user named Vict.<\/p>\n
\u201cAlhamdulillah, I only found out after the explanation from\nMr.\u00a0Village Head Hoho. From the beginning, I was not sure about the\nvideo because it was referring to an employee, not Village Head Hoho.\nBecause Village Head Hoho is not a civil servant\u2026 Thank you for the\ninformation, keep up the spirit,\u201d said a user named Den Sugeng\nIndragiri.<\/p>\n
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