President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has called on all ministers and state officials to be more careful about making statements in public.

Jokowi made the statement in response to journalists' questions regarding Law and Human Rights Minister Yasonna Laoly, who conveyed incorrect information regarding the whereabouts of bribery suspect and Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) politician Harun Masiku.

“Please be more careful, especially when it comes to data, numbers and legal matters. Don’t trust information without verifying it first,” he said on Friday.