Member Of Commission III Of The DPR Urges Police To Completely Investigate The Case Of Selling And Buying Accounts For Judol

JAKARTA - Member of Commission III of the DPR Abdullah urged the police to thoroughly investigate the parties involved in the sale and purchase transaction of bank accounts for online gambling (judol).

This was said by Abdullah in response to a report from the Financial Transaction Analysis Report Center (PPATK) which found that there were 571,410 Population Identification Numbers (NIK) for social assistance recipients indicated playing online gambling.

This finding was obtained from the matching of data on 28.4 million NIK recipients of social assistance with 9.7 million NIKs of judol players. The transaction value is estimated to reach Rp 15 billion.

"The police must take firm action against sellers and shoppers of bank accounts for judol, in accordance with applicable law," Abdullah said, Wednesday, July 9.

"If left unchecked, they will continue to transact which fertilize judol and dig deeper into poverty," continued the man who is familiarly called Abduh.

Abduh assessed that law enforcement by the Police could refer to the Criminal Code Law, the ITE Law and other regulations. He said the legal action could be seen in the Criminal Code Article 303 which regulates gambling with a maximum imprisonment of 10 years or a fine of Rp. 25 million.

Meanwhile, the ITE Law can be seen in article 27 paragraph 2 which contains a ban on online gambling and has the potential to be sentenced to a maximum imprisonment of 10 years and a maximum fine of IDR 10 billion.

"From these two laws, perpetrators of buying and selling bank accounts for judol can be given maximum imprisonment and fines. Law enforcement is important, so that there is a deterrent effect for the perpetrators," said Abduh.

The sale and purchase of bank accounts for judol is known to be carried out online and offline, both in urban and rural areas. Abduh assessed that further efforts were needed in taking action against the perpetrators.

"What is noted is that although some have been dealt with, the sale and purchase of accounts for judol, instead of shrinking, it is even more mushrooming," said the legislator from the Central Java VI electoral district.

Therefore, Abduh emphasized that the handling of the sale and purchase of judol accounts must be carried out from upstream to downstream by being integrated and handled as quickly as possible.

"For example, when PPATK has detected, the OJK and the bank will immediately investigate and validate the data for blocking, then the police will continue to carry out investigations and investigations to take legal action against the perpetrators," said Abduh.

Not only did he reveal the perpetrators of buying and selling accounts for judol, this member of the House Law Enforcement Commission also encouraged PPATK, OJK and the police to trace the flow of existing judol funds. Moreover, based on the previous case and several examples of cases in the United States and Britain, according to Abduh, the flow of judol money is prone to the practice of money laundering.

"This means that the police must also be able to uncover the practice of money laundering from millions of judol accounts. Do not let the eradication of judol only be carried out on the surface or targeting small players, while the class dealer 'kap' can escape the existing legal snares," he concluded.