The Minister Of State Secretary Ensures That He Will Not View The Badminton In Punishing Online Judicial Actors

JAKARTA - The government is getting serious about eradicating online gambling. Moreover, when employees of the Ministry of Communication and Digital who should handle online gambling sites and content are involved in it.

The arrest of a Komdigi employee for this online gambling case then dragged the name of Budi Arie Setiadi as the previous former Minister of Communication and Information.

Responding to the issue, the Minister of State Secretary, Prasetyo Hadi, said that in accordance with President Prabowo Subianto's direction, the government would take action against all parties involved in online gambling syndicates indiscriminately.

"As stated by the President, the first form of enthusiasm is online gambling matters, which is something that we must finish immediately. We eradicate it, he wants to enforce the law as strictly as possible," said Hadi after his meeting with the Minister of Trade on Thursday, November 14 in Jakarta.

With this spirit, the Minister of State Secretary emphasized that all handling would be handed over directly to law enforcement officials.

According to him, President Prabowo has also given directions to the attorney general, the National Police Chief, and including the Minister of Trade, Meutya Hafid, regarding this matter.

"So if it is related to that problem (Budi Arie's involvement), everything is returned to legal facts, everything is returned to law enforcement officials," said Hadi.

Meanwhile at different times, the Coordinating Minister for Political and Security Affairs (Menko Polkam), Budi Gunawan, has also confirmed that his party will not indiscriminately uncover online gambling cases involving Komdigi employees.

However, regarding the spotlight on the former Minister of Communication and Information, Budi Arie Setiadi, in the vortex of online gambling cases, BG confirmed that there was no evidence of this.