Minister of Social Affairs Saifullah Yusuf stated that his party had stopped distributing social assistance (bansos) to more than 200 thousand beneficiaries because they were suspected of using the funds to play online gambling (judol).
The decision was based on data matching between 30 million NIK and social assistance recipient accounts with data on 9 million NIKs of judol players traced by the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK), based on President Prabowo Subianto's permission.
"Meeting more than 600 thousand suspected recipients of social assistance also played judol. Of the 600 thousand, we have received more than 200 thousand (receivers) which we do not provide social assistance anymore," said the Minister of Social Affairs when giving a statement at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta, Tuesday, July 29, reported by ANTARA.
The man who is often called Gus Ipul explained that based on the results of the matching of the NIK data on social assistance recipients and the NIK of judol players, it was found that more than 600 thousand recipients of social assistance were strongly suspected of playing judol. Meanwhile, more than 300 thousand other recipients are still being investigated.
"If it is later proven, then more than 300 thousand (recipients) will also not be sent social assistance again in the third quarter," he said.
The Minister of Social Affairs emphasized that the social assistance would not be removed so that the quota would be reduced, but transferred to recipients who are more entitled and are in deciles 1, 2, 3, and 4.
"So it is not eliminated, but transferred to those who are more entitled," said Gus Ipul.
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Previously, the Minister of Social Affairs stated that based on the results of the PPATK search, the value of social assistance transactions used for online gambling (judol) reached Rp957 billion.
The Ministry of Social Affairs (Kemensos) and PPATK continue to analyze and match data on all social assistance accounts channeled through the Ministry of Social Affairs.
In mid-2025, an analysis was carried out on 28.4 million Population Identification Numbers (NIK) for social assistance recipients with 9.7 million NIKs for judol players in 2024, and it was found that there were 571,410 equal NIKs.
"As many as two percent of people receiving social assistance are judol players in 2024 and there are 7.5 million transactions with a value of Rp957 billion," said the Minister of Social Affairs.
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