Trend of Government Officials' Families Showing Off Wealth Has Not Subsided, This Time DKI Transportation Agency Employee Also 'Exposed' by Netizens

Dream - The case of showing off wealth involving the wife and child of the Secretary of Riau, SF Hariyanto, has not yet subsided, now the officials of the DKI Jakarta Transportation Agency have also come under scrutiny on social media.

The Head of the Traffic and Road Transportation Operational Control Division of the Jakarta Transportation Agency, Massdes Arouffy, was also dragged into the controversy after his wife and child were caught showing off their luxurious lifestyle on social media.

The luxurious items of Massdes Arouffy's family were seen in the posts on the Twitter account @partaisocmed.

Several screenshots from the social media accounts of Massdes' wife and child while showing off branded bags were revealed.

One of them is the post by Massdes' wife who is using a luxurious bag that is estimated to cost billions of rupiah.

“Don't be surprised by the price of this Hermes Birkin Crocodile bag which reaches 105 thousand dollars or more than 1.5 billion rupiah. How many houses can you buy with this bag?,” wrote the account.

Not only his wife, the daughter of the Head of the DKI Transportation Agency also often shows off her collection of luxury bags from famous brands such as Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Dior, and Balenciaga.

"Like the previous nouveau riche, Balenciaga is a brand that is never left behind," she wrote.

Luxurious shoes and photography equipment worth tens of millions of rupiah are also shown off by the daughter. The uploader wrote a caption for the photo.

"Touched, secretly bought binoculars and a new lens for an internship with daddy," wrote the caption of the screenshot.

The Head of the Jakarta Transportation Agency, Syafrin Liputo, has also responded to the controversy surrounding the families of his subordinates who are allegedly fond of "flexing".

Syafrin stated that Masdes started being questioned on Friday, March 31, 2023, noon. When asked about the suspension of Masdes due to his wife and child's actions of showing off luxurious items, Syafrin handed over the decision to the personnel development element of DKI Jakarta.

Guess the price of the bag (ignore the necklace).. pic.twitter.com/J9wa237Aij

— #99 (@PartaiSocmed) March 30, 2023