Soon afterwards , she admitted that her claims were lies , and that she made up the assault story to hide the plastic surgery from her family . She was also quoted as saying that she is " the best hoax creator " . She was then fired from Prabowo Subianto 's campaign team for the 2019 presidential election , with Prabowo publicly apologizing for amplifying her claims . On October 4 , she was apprehended at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport , where she was about to fly to Chile to attend an international conference , with Jakarta 's Tourism Agency funding her . She is suspected of violating Article 28 of the Electronic Information and Transactions Law for allegedly spreading fake news . According to police , Ratna paid for the plastic surgery from the same bank account that had been used to collect money for the victims of the June 2018 Lake Toba ferry disaster . State prosecutors in May 2019 recommended she be jailed for six years . On 11 July 2019 , she was sentenced to two years in jail for deliberately spreading false information with the intention of creating a public disturbance
Lake Toba ferry disaster
Sinking of MV Sinar Bangun
Ratna Sarumpaet