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Lampung governor in hot water after student criticizes poor infrastructure on TikTok
Lampung Governor Arinal Djunaidi has become embroiled in controversy over his alleged response to a student who criticized poor infrastructure in the region on the popular video-sharing platform TikTok.
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A young woman holds tape to her mouth symbolically representing stifled human rights in this illustration. (Shutterstock/siam.pukkato)
Lampung Governor Arinal Djunaidi has become embroiled in controversy over his alleged response to a student who criticized poor infrastructure in the region on the popular video-sharing platform TikTok.
Arinal drew criticism on various social media platforms for allegedly making harsh recriminations against the parents of Bima Yudho Saputro in Lampung, and after the student said in a YouTube video on April 14 that his parents had received intimidation from local authorities and the police.
Bima, who is studying in Australia, did not mention the governor but the public was quick to link the alleged intimidation with Arinal.
A video clip that went viral on Twitter on Monday showed the governor responding in an angry tone when a journalist asked him whether or not he had intimidated Bima's parents. "Why don't you ask the parents instead," he retorted.
This was picked up by netizens across various social media platforms.
Arinal denied the allegations on Monday, saying "I did not [intimidate Bima's parent]," as quoted by kompas.com.
The incident started when a video Bima uploaded to TikTok on April 7 that criticized damaged roads, stalled infrastructure development and poor education conditions in Lampung went viral.
