One Student In Medan Promotes Online Gambling With A Tariff Of IDR 650 Per Month

JAKARTA - The North Sumatra Regional Police (Polda Sumut) arrested a woman with the initials HM, a resident of Medan Selayang District, Medan, on suspicion of promoting five online gambling sites.

"There are five online gambling sites, namely WOKA SLOT, PIXUE BET, DRAG SLOT, BYON88, and KYOTO98 which were promoted by the perpetrators," said Head of Public Relations of the North Sumatra Police, Kombes Hadi Wahyudi, ANTARA, Sunday, November 3, 2024.

Hadi said that the North Sumatra Police Cyber Directorate Team conducting cyber patrols in cyberspace saw HM promoting the online gambling.

He said that personnel arrested HM, who is a student in Medan Selayang, Medan, Saturday ( November 2, 2024).

"HM was arrested for promoting or endorseing online gambling sites through Instagram social media," said Hadi.

The former Head of the Biak Police, Papua, said that the perpetrator was sued by an Instagram account with the username Galihhrakasiwi and several other fake accounts to upload on Instagram stories every day with the online gambling content and links/URL.

"The perpetrators of promoting online gambling have been in Medan for 2 months because they have received a salary," said Hadi.

In online gambling practice, he said, the perpetrators received a reward or a salary of Rp. 650 thousand to Rp. 1 million per month.

For his actions, the suspect is subject to Article 27 paragraph (2) in conjunction with Article 45 paragraph (3) of Law Number 1 of 2024 concerning the Second Amendment to Law Number 11 of 2008 concerning Information and Electronic Transactions subsidiary to Article 303 paragraph (1) letter a of the Criminal Code concerning criminal acts.

The essence of the article reads that every person intentionally and without rights distributes and/or transmits and or makes accessible electronic information and/or electronic documents that have gambling content.