Continue Prabowo's Message, TNI Commander Asks Soldiers To Fight Online Gambling Rp981 T

TNI Commander General Agus Subiyanto revealed President Prabowo Subianto's message reminding his staff about the loss due to online gambling reaching Rp981 trillion or around US$65 billion.

Therefore, the Commander in Chief also ordered the ranks of soldiers to work together with government agencies and law enforcement officials to eradicate online gambling.

President Prabowo Subianto conveyed the potential for state leaks due to online gambling amounting to Rp981 trillion or US$65 billion, due to illegal mining of US$7 billion, and leakage of state budgets of up to US$7 billion annually, "said the TNI Commander in his mandate read by the TNI Military Police Center Commander (Danpuspom) Major General TNI Yusri Nuryanto during the 2024 Law Enforcement Forces Ceremony at TNI Headquarters, Cilangkap, Jakarta, Wednesday, November 13, confiscated by Antara.

Prabowo, in a closed national coordination meeting last week, November 7, ordered his staff to move to overcome the problem.

Therefore, the TNI Headquarters held an Apple to Hold Law Enforcement Forces in 2024 at PRIMA Field, TNI Headquarters, Cilangkap, Jakarta, Wednesday. The deployment of troops was attended by 1,200 joint personnel from the TNI, Polri, State Intelligence Agency (BIN), Maritime Security Agency (Bakamla), Customs and Excise, Immigration, Attorney General's Office, National Narcotics Agency, and PPATK.

"Mr. President gave orders to the TNI Commander regarding violations that could potentially harm the state. For example, online gambling, drugs, smuggling, and corruption. Not only that, the TNI is also ready to eradicate other violations that have the potential to harm the state so that the Commander orders the implementation of the title of law enforcement forces in the TNI," said Danpuspom TNI explaining the purpose of holding an apple at TNI Headquarters, Cilangkap, Jakarta, Wednesday.

He continued that the deployment of troops in the context of law enforcement would also be held in the main command (city) of the TNI throughout Indonesia.

"This activity will be carried out massively, then as a follow-up to this activity the TNI formed a task force (task) to tackle the threats I mentioned earlier," said the TNI Danpuspom.

The task force mentioned by the Danpuspom TNI refers to the Task Force for Prevention, Monitoring, and Enforcement of Soldier Violations. The task force was led by the Inspector General (Irjen) of the TNI Lt. Gen. Muhammad Saleh Mustafa.

The task force consists of four sub-tasks, namely the Online Judi Sub-Sask led by the Commander of the Cyber Unit (Dansatsiber) TNI Brigadier General Ari Yulianto, the Narcotics Task Force Sub-Settle led by the Central Commander of the Military Police (Danpuspom) TNI Major General Yusri Nuryanto, the Smuggling Sub-Sector led by the Director C of the Strategic Intelligence Agency (BAIS) TNI Brigadier General Mirza Patria Jaya, and the Corruption Task Force Sub-Settle led by the Head of the TNI Finance Center (Kapusku) Rear Admiral TNI Poedji Santoso.

Meanwhile, in his leadership structure, under the head of the task force there was a representative, who was filled by the Deputy Head of the TNI Strategic Intelligence Agency (BAIS), Marshal Muda TNI M. Tawakal Syaeful Haq, then the secretary of the task force was filled by the Deputy Inspector General (Wairjen) TNI Major General TNI Alvis Anwar.

The task force's work will also be assisted by the legal team and the lighting team.

"We will utilize the resources in the TNI, starting from the Army, Navy, and Air Force, both personnel, technology, and equipment that we have to take action against and prevent soldiers, soldiers, and TNI civil servants from committing violations. four online gambling, drugs, smuggling, and corruption," said Deputy Inspector General of the TNI as Secretary of the Task Force during a press conference at TNI Headquarters, Cilangkap, Jakarta, Wednesday.

He also explained that the task force's work will focus internally on the TNI, but in the process it will continue to cooperate with other government agencies, considering that the Coordinating Ministry for Political and Security Affairs (Kemenko Polkam) has also formed an Online Judicial Handling Decree led by the National Police Chief, General Pol. Listyo Sigit Prabowo.

"Of course, institutionally, we hope that it will not take long, yes, because this has also been handled by other institutions, the Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs, from the Coordinating Ministry for Political, Legal and Security Affairs, the Police, from other units or other agencies have taken action or steps to resolve this. Of course, it will be in line with the activities carried out by other institutions," said Deputy Inspector General of the TNI.