Examination Of Benny Rhamdani, National Police Chief: Accelerate Disclosure Of Online Gambling

JAKARTA - National Police Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo said the examination of the Head of the Indonesian Migrant Workers Protection Agency (BP2MI) Benny Rhamdani aims to accelerate the process of eradicating online gambling practices in Indonesia. Benny will be asked for his statement about the figure T who is said to be the controller of online gambling in the country.

"To make it clearer and help speed up our arrests, Mr. Benny Rhamdani asked us to attend," Sigit told reporters, Saturday, July 27.

With Benny's full statement, it is hoped that it can help eradicate online gambling. This is because it is undeniable that gambling practices are a very serious problem. Referring to data from the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK), thousands of minors were recorded as involved in online gambling.

For children aged 11 to 16 years involved in online gambling, there are 4,514 people. The transaction value reached Rp7.9 billion with a frequency of Rp45 thousand. Meanwhile, children under the age of 11 involved in online gambling reached 1,160 children with a transaction frequency of Rp22 thousand.

"So we hope that he can become a witness who can help accelerate the disclosure of online gambling that he means," said Sigit.

The Directorate of General Crimes at Bareskrim Polri will examine Benny Rhamdani on Monday, July 29. The plan is for the examination to take place around 14.00 WIB.

Benny had conveyed the figure of T who was said to be the controller of online gambling in Indonesia and related to the Cambodian network. Not only that, it was also stated that the figure T was also the mastermind behind the crime of scamming or online fraud based in Cambodia.

"Actually, it is very easy to catch who is the actor behind the online gambling business in Cambodia, and who is the actor behind the scamming online. I just need to mention the initials 'T'," said Benny