Falsified Covid-19 Data
Several regional governments are being accused of falsifying Covid-19 data. The East Java governor allegedly allowed for Covid case numbers to be reported in stages, to prevent the chart from spiking. Panic broke out after the central government announced that it would distribute free drugs.
Raymundus Rikang
July 26, 2021
THREE headstones, with the names Hendriana, Supriyanto, and Suyanti, stand at the Kutobedah Public Cemetery’s Covid-19 section in the Jodipan village, Blimbing subdistrict, Malang, East Java. The date of their deaths, July 18, 2021, was recorded on the fresh, white headstones. Not far away, two other gravestones, dated July 19, 2021, carry the names Windari and Temu.
On the day the five bodies were buried, the East Java provincial governme
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