Reasons Uya Kuya Reported Accounts Over 750 MBG Kitchens Claim: Remember House Was Looted
Member of the Indonesian House of Representatives, Surya Utama or Uya Kuya, has filed a police report (LP) with Metro Jaya Police regarding alleged dissemination of false news by several accounts claiming he owns 750 Free Nutritious Meals (MBG) kitchens. Uya Kuya explained the reasons for taking legal action on the matter.
“Because it’s a hoax, considering the looting of my house was also due to massively circulated hoax videos that were left unchecked. Many old videos from my TikTok were given captions as if they were my statements, even though I never said anything at that time,” Uya said when contacted by reporters on Sunday (19/4/2026).
Uya expressed confusion about the origin of the accusation that he owns 750 MBG kitchens. This PAN legislator emphasised that he does not own a single MBG kitchen.
“And what confuses me is where that story came from about me owning MBG kitchens. Because to this day, I don’t own a single MBG kitchen except for my restaurant kitchen in Benhil called Asli Rasa,” he said.
Uya expressed confusion regarding the hoax videos featuring him from those accounts. He then alluded to the house looting in 2025 due to false news on social media.
“What more do they want from me? My house and family were already sacrificed yesterday by using hoax videos from my old videos that were added with captions as if they were from me. And the house that was looted yesterday still hasn’t finished being renovated even now, and now I’m being slandered again, why am I the one being slandered again,” he said.
The report was made after accusations emerged that Uya Kuya owns 750 Free Nutritious Meals (MBG) kitchens. Head of Public Relations of Metro Jaya Police, Commissioner Budi Hermanto, confirmed the report.
“Yes, it’s true. (Regarding) the dissemination of false news,” said Commissioner Budi Hermanto when contacted by reporters on Sunday (19/4/2026).
The report is documented with number: LP/B/2746/TV/2026/SPKT/POLDA METRO JAYA. Uya saw the posts containing the accusations on several Threads accounts on Saturday (18/4) previously.
Those accounts uploaded an edited photo of Uya with a narrative claiming he owns 750 MBG kitchens. Uya considers this to be false news presented as if it were authentic information.
Due to the incident, Uya feels harmed and thus visited the SPKT of Metro Jaya Police to file the LP regarding Electronic Information and Transaction Crimes under Law Number 1/2024 on the Second Amendment to Law Number 11/2008 on Electronic Information and Transactions as referred to in Article 51 Paragraph (1) in conjunction with Article 35 and/or Article 263 of the Criminal Code and/or Article 264 of the Criminal Code.
Currently, the case is still under further investigation by Metro Jaya Police.