JAKARTA - Former Minister of Communication and Information (Menkominfo), Budi Arie Setiadi, is said to have been splashed with money to guard online gambling sites.
This was revealed in the indictments of Zulkarnaen Apriliantony, Adhy Kismanto, Arwin Jabarti Kiemas, and Muhjiran alias Agus who are former employees of the Ministry of Communication and Information who have now changed their name to the Ministry of Communication and Digital (Komdigi).
They are now being tried at the South Jakarta District Court (PN) regarding bribery to unblock online gambling sites.
In the indictment, Budi Arie as the Minister of Communication and Information asked Zulkarnaen, who is his colleague, to find workers who can collect data on judol sites. This incident occurred in October 2023.
Receiving the request, Zulkarnaen then introduced Adhi Kismanto to Budi Arie. The conversation then occurred from the introduction.
"Adhi Kismanto presented a data crawling tool that was able to collect data on online gambling sites, then Budi Arie Setiadi offered Defendant II, Adhi Kismanto, to participate in the selection as an expert at the Ministry of Communication and Information," reads the indictment. quoted on Saturday, May 17, 2025.
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This indictment states that Adhi should not be accepted as an expert from the selection process. However, he still held the position because he received attention from Budi Arie.
After being received at the Ministry of Communication and Information, Adhi then collaborated with Zulkarnaen and Muhjiran who were Kominfo employees to start guarding the judol website. From the practice of guarding the judol website, Budi Arie apparently got a share.
This agreement, still from the same indictment, began with a meeting at Pergrams Senopati, South Jakarta. There, the amount of money received from efforts to guard the judol site was discussed.
"The practice of guarding the online gambling website at the Ministry of Communication and Information and tariffs of Rp. 8 million per website," the indictment wrote.
"As well as the distribution for Defendant II Adhi Kismanto of 20 percent, Defendant I Zulkarnaen Apriliantony of 30 percent, and for brother Budi Arie Setiadi of 50 percent of the total website that is guarded," reads the indictment.
After the discussion took place, the guard of the judol site was carried out on the 3rd Floor of the Kemenkominfo Office. However, on April 19, Budi Arie asked Adhi to move the activity.
"The defendant I Zulkarnaen Apriliantony and Defendant II Adhi Kismanto and met Budi Arie Setiadi at Widya Chandra's official residence to move to work on the 8th floor of the blocking application and was approved by Budi Arie Setiadi's brother," wrote the indictment.
Then, Adhi and Zulkarnaen met again in the same month. The two discussed Budi Arie who knew the practice of securing the judol website.
"Zulkarnaen Apriliantony said that the maintenance of the gambling website was already known by Budi Arie Setiadi. However, defendant I Zulkarnaen Apriliantony has secured it so that the protection of the gambling website can still be carried out because Defendant I Zulkarnaen Apriliantony is a close friend of Budi Arie Setiadi's brother."
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