Pramono Refuses to Blame PPSU over JAKI Report, Urges Search for AI Photo Creator and Uploader

Jakarta Governor Pramono Anung has emphasised that he does not wish to blame Public Facilities and Infrastructure Handling Officers (PPSU) in the case of an alleged manipulation of a photo using artificial intelligence (AI) in a report on the Jakarta Kini (JAKI) application.

Pramono stated that the Jakarta Inspectorate is currently conducting an in-depth investigation into several parties.

“Now, the Inspectorate is carrying out an in-depth probe, both to the Kalisari sub-district head, then the PPSU officers, and then the relevant sub-district office. Everything will certainly be uncovered in due time,” Pramono said at Jakarta City Hall in Central Jakarta on Tuesday (7 April 2026).

He assessed that it is unlikely that the field officers were directly involved in the AI technological manipulation.

“If we then blame the PPSU, that won’t do either; the PPSU officers are certainly not the ones who carried out or manipulated the AI,” he said.

He asked the Inspectorate to focus on finding the parties who created and uploaded the engineered photo into the JAKI system.

“What I am asking to be investigated in depth is to find out who carried out the AI manipulation and who uploaded it,” Pramono stated.

Although the Kalisari sub-district head has issued an apology for the incident, Pramono assured that the examination process will continue.

Previously, Kalisari sub-district head Siti Nurhasanah admitted to the upload of a follow-up photo for a citizen’s report that was suspected to be an AI fabrication.

She stated that the PPSU officer who uploaded the photo had been given a first written warning (SP1) and asked not to repeat the action.

“The officer in question has been given an SP1 and has made a statement not to repeat the action,” Siti said in an official statement on Monday (6 April 2026).

Siti explained that at the time, the PPSU officer was following up on a community report regarding illegal parking that had come through JAKI.

However, in the process, the officer uploaded a photo suspected to be fabricated. She revealed that handling illegal parking is usually carried out jointly with the Civil Service Police Unit (Satpol PP) or PPSU officers.

“We will discuss this issue together to ensure it does not happen again in the future,” she said.