DPR building is “for sale” on Tokopedia, management says

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – A few hours ago, on Twitter social networks, many people talked about electronic commerce selling the House of Representatives and its contents.

One of them is on Tokopedia, there is a vendor who sells the entire DPR building for Rp.666.

In response to this, Tokopedia’s senior external communication leader Ekhel Chandra Wijaya said that Tokopedia would take strong action against any misuse on the Tokopedia platform.

“We are currently following up on the report in accordance with procedure and will take firm action against any misuse of the Tokopedia platform,” he said when contacted by Kompas.com on Wednesday (7/10/2020).

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According to him, although Tokopedia is UGC or sellers can upload products independently, Tokopedia continues to be proactive in maintaining all activities on the platform according to applicable laws.

He said that his party already has an abuse reporting function where the public can report products that violate both the rules for using the Tokopedia platform and the applicable laws in Indonesia.

Meanwhile, according to Kompas.com monitoring at 12.50 WIB, the vendor who sold the DPR building had already been retired, that is, it had been removed. The DPR building is sold through the Tokopedia platform along with the approval of the Employment Creation Law.