Letter To DIY Provincial Government, Bantul Regency Government Provides Data 1,711 Beneficiary Families Involved In Judol

Bantul Regency Government Office Special Region Yogyakarta. ANTARA/Hery Sidik

JAKARTA - The Bantul Regency Government (Pemkab) in the Special Region of Yogyakarta (DIY) sent a letter to the DIY Provincial Government regarding data "by name" as many as 1,711 beneficiary families (KPM) of social assistance (bansos) from Bantul who were suspected of being involved in online gambling (judol).

Head of the Social Empowerment Division of the Bantul Social Service, Tri Galih Prasetya, said that based on information from the DIY Social Service, around 7,001 KPM was stopped providing social assistance because it was indicated that they were involved in judol, of which 1,711 were from Bantul.

"Indeed, from that number we don't have the data for the 'by name'. Yesterday we wrote to the Governor of Yogyakarta through the Regent to get a 'by name' from the data of 1,711 KPM. Until now, we are still waiting for a reply from the Governor," he said in Bantul, Friday, confiscated by Antara.

According to him, these efforts were carried out as a step to follow up on which areas were affected by the social assistance termination and handling steps if there were KPM recipients who complained to the Bantul Social Service Office.

"For this judol data, we got it from a cross-section between the Ministry of Social Affairs and PPATK (Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center). So, it was detected systemally, not us from the Bantul Regency Government which reduced it, but it was indicated from the center," he said.

Even so, he said, in the last few days many KPMs in Bantul have complained to the Social Service for not receiving social assistance from the central government because they were allegedly not in accordance with the designation and were involved in judol.

"When we checked the application, it turned out that the name who reported it did not get social assistance, because it was indicated that the use of social assistance funds was not in accordance with its designation, one of which was a possibility for judol," he said.

However, he said, of the 20 KPMs whose social assistance was stopped, on average they felt and admitted that they were not involved in judol. Even the KPM that was cut off by the aid was from the elderly and did not own or use a smartphone.

"So we help people like that. We have social assistance in areas ranging from urban villages and sub-districts, the assistants provide assistance to KPMs who are suspected of being involved in this case to make minutes," he said.