False2025-06
What is circulating
“Home Affairs Minister Tito Karnavian is the biological son of PKI leader DN Aidit.”
Claimed by Social media users · social media
The facts
Tito was born in Palembang on 26 October 1964 to Achmad Saleh, a journalist at RRI Palembang, and Kordiah, a midwife; his father died in 2016. DN Aidit's five children are Ilham, Ibarruri Putri Alam, Ilya, Iwan and Irfan, and there is no evidence linking Tito to him.