Indonesia Klaten Regent Put Sticker On Indonesia Ministry of Social Hand Sanitizer Charity

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Overview

Indonesian Klaten Regent Put Sticker On Indonesia Ministry of Social Hand Sanitizer refers to news about regent of local government at Klaten, Sri Mulyani who claimed charity due to COVID-19 pandemic such as hand sanitizer from Indonesia Ministry of Social by put sticker on it. After the news spread, many Indonesian users creating memes about she putting sticker on many items and claimed it was from her.

Background

On April, 26th 2020, Twitter user @WagimanDeep212^[1] uploaded hand sanitizer photos that he got from Sri Mulyani, regent of loval government at Klaten, Central Java, Indonesia as a charity. But after he removed the sticker on it, it's actually from Indonesia Ministry of Social. The post received 896 retweets and 1,400 likes (shown below).

Inih sbetulnya Bantuan Hand Sanitizer dari Kemensos RI atau Bupati Klaten Bu sri mulyani sik?…Dibotol stickernya jelas bertuliskan #KemensosHadir tapi ditutupi sticker asal2an dgn tulisan Bantuan dari Bupati Klaten..ajaib! ccPemkabKlaten</a><a href="https://twitter.com/KemensosRI?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">KemensosRIPak @juliaribatubara pic.twitter.com/6hxfVyy1VB

— Wagiman Deep (Habieb Selow) (@WagimanDeep212) April 26, 2020

Covert Campaign Speculation

On the next day, Twitter user @mahasiswaYUJIEM^[2] speculated that she put her sticker on Indonesia Ministry of Social hand sanitizer as a covert campaign to gaining votes due to Klaten Regional Regent Election that will be held in 2020. The post received 511 retweets and 1,600 likes (shown below).

Sudah berapa ratus ribu masker yang dibagikan ke masyarakat klaten yang bertuliskan “Sri Mulyani Bupati Klaten” padahal ini menggunakan dana APBD? Kenapa dimanfaatkan untuk mengambil celah agar anda lebih dikenal masyarakat? Memanfaatkan kesempitan? #BupatiKlatenMemalukan pic.twitter.com/AbIEAnlH3I

— Aku (@mahasiswaYUJIEM) April 27, 2020

Spread

After the news spreading, many Indonesian users creating memes about she claimed some items but put her sticker or replace it by her photo. For example on April, 28th 2020, Twitter user @msofyan^[3] uploaded Nintendo Switch logo but it was replaced the logo by Sri Mulyani photo. The posts received 10,600 retweets and 21,300 likes (shown below).

Orang Klaten pas nyalain Nintendo Switch: pic.twitter.com/gQ7gfjXlpW

— Pegawhy (@msofyan) April 28, 2020

On the same thay, Twitter user @menujusenja^[4] replying @msofyan's tweet by uploaded KFC fast food logo but the logo was replaced by using Mulyani's photo. The post received 194 retweets and 503 likes (shown below).

Hanya di Klaten.. pic.twitter.com/UQQihF1pX6

— IMANIMAN (@menujusenja) April 28, 2020

On April, 28th 2020, Twitter user @Susupenyet^[5] uploaded Photo of IDR 100,000 (approx USD 8) by replacing the original watermark on the money by using Mulyani's photo. The post received 7,600 retweets and 14,500 likes (shown below).

Orang Klaten dikala ngecek uang palsu pic.twitter.com/CtIxJMq61w

— Pemuda Mencretan (@Susupenyet) April 28, 2020

On April, 29th 2020, Indonesian artist KOSTUM (Komik Strip Untuk Umum)^[6] uploaded webcomic about Sri Mulyani's sticker on Indonesia Ministry of Social hand sanitizer, the post received 4,600 reactions and 878 shares (shown below).

On the same day, Indonesian artist Komik Grontol^[7] uploaded webcomic by parodying Snow White story tale by adding Sri Mulyani's reference such as put her sticker on the apple that was gave for Snow White. The post received 2,200 reactions and 887 shares (shown below).

Sri Mulyani Apologized

According to Indonesian news media Detik^[8], Sri Mulyani has been apologized after the incident to the Governor of Central Java, Ganjar Pranowo about her photo on the Indonesia Ministry of Social charity hand sanitizer.