Two New Suspects in Online Gambling From Ministry of Communication and Digital, One of Them is a Liaison for the Bookie

JAKARTA - Metro Jaya Police has arrested two new suspects in an online gambling case backed by officials from the Ministry of Communication and Digital or Komdigi. One of them has the initials MN, who is the liaison for the bookies.

"MN's role is as a liaison between the bookies and the perpetrators or other suspects or suspects that we have temporarily detained," said Director of General Criminal Investigation of Metro Jaya Police, Commissioner Wira Satya Triputra quoted on Monday, November 11.

Not only that, the role of suspect MN is also as a depositor of money and websites to other suspects in the online gambling gang 'Komdigi'.

With the deposit and list from MN, the other suspects will not block the online gambling website.

It is known that the deposit money for securing the online gambling site is IDR 8.5 million. The deposit must be paid every two weeks.

"MN is the person who deposits money and deposits the list of websites to be guarded so that the website is not blocked," he said.

Meanwhile, one other suspect, DM, played a role in helping all of suspect MN's criminal actions. One of them accommodates online gambling deposits.

"DM played a role in assisting the crime of brother MN including accommodating money from crime," said Wira.

In the Komdigi online gambling case as a whole, 15 people have been named as suspects.

The dozens of people who were named suspects consisted of 11 Komdigi employees and four civilians.

Three of them were the controllers of the 'satellite office' used to condition the online gambling site. The location of the satellite office is in Ruko Galaxy, South Bekasi.

The controllers of the satellite office have the initials A, AK, and AJ. Now, the police have also included the names of two suspects on the wanted list (DPO), namely A and M.