In the video circulating on social media, Bung Towel can be seen as one of the guest stars on the Sportify Indonesia YouTube channel. The video shows the moments when Garuda Muda successfully scored a goal. The hosts and other guest stars can be seen shouting excitedly while witnessing the moment. However, unlike Bung Towel, he remained silent in a seated position, leaning back on the chair.

"Towel, seriously, you're not even in love with Indonesia anymore. You just hate Shin Tae-yong. Even when Indonesia wins, your expression is like that. Shame on you, Towel," wrote the video caption. It is known that recently Bung Towel has been receiving attention on social media. Bung Towel often criticizes the Indonesian national team coach Shin Tae-yong and the PSSI's policy on naturalized players in several of his interviews on social media."

In December 2023, he briefly commented on the Indonesian national team's policy on naturalizing players. The comment came after coach Shin Tae-yong made a distinction between the mentality of local players and naturalized players. According to Shin, Indonesian players are more often afraid of losing compared to naturalized players. Then, Bung Towel commented that Shin Tae-yong actually underestimated the mental strength of Indonesian players.

"He also demands Shin's responsibility, who should be able to fix those weaknesses. In addition, Bung Towel also criticizes PSSI for frequently naturalizing players. According to him, the competition in Indonesia should be a factory for producing new national team players. Not only that, Bung Towel also once said that if the national team fails to reach the top 16 of the Asian Cup, then PSSI must evaluate Shin Tae-yong because he has been given all the facilities and opportunities."