National Police Chief Promises To Search Four Detected Online Gambling Bandars
JAKARTA - National Police Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo said his party was ready to trace four online gambling dealers detected in Indonesia.
"Of course we will continue to search to the peak point. We'll see in the future," said Sigit, Friday, June 28.
The National Police Chief explained that the online gambling problem would be thoroughly investigated by the National Police in accordance with the orders of the President of the Republic of Indonesia Joko Widodo.
"So, I think all members who are members of the Task Force (Online Judi Eradication Task Force), whether from Kominfo (Ministry of Communication and Information), whether from BSSN (Syber and State Password Agency), or from the National Police itself, of course currently working with friends at PPATK (Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center) and OJK (Financial Services Authority) are tracing everything," he explained.
Previously, the Minister of Communication and Information and the Daily Chair of the Prevention Division of the Online Judi Eradication Task Force, Budi Arie Setiadi, in one of the national television programs revealed that the government had detected four dealers controlling online gambling in the country.
Meanwhile, President Jokowi has issued a decree to form the Online Judi Eradication Task Force led by the Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs (Menko Polhukam) Hadi Tjahjanto.
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Reported by Antara, the formation of the Task Force is contained in Presidential Decree (Keppres) Number 21 of 2024 concerning the Online Gambling Eradication Task Force which was published in Jakarta, June 14, 2024.
Explained in the copy file of the Presidential Decree, the consideration of forming a Task Force because gambling activities are illegal and result in financial losses, social and psychological disorders that can lead to criminal acts.
In addition, online gambling activities are also considered to cause public unrest, so decisive and integrated steps need to be taken immediately to eradicate them.