JAKARTA - The Ministry of Social Affairs has crossed out more than 11 thousand beneficiary families or KPM in the first quarter of 2026 because it is indicated that they use social assistance for online gambling or judol.
Social Minister Saifullah Yusuf or Gus Ipul said that in the second quarter, the number of KPM who were crossed out dropped drastically to 75 families. They have also been removed from the list of recipients of social assistance.
"From 600,000, there are only 11,000 left, and even 11,000 we have crossed out in the first quarter. In the second quarter, 75 families or KPM are left, even that we have crossed out," said Gus Ipul at the Presidential Palace complex, Jakarta, Tuesday, May 12.
According to Gus Ipul, the decline shows that the use of social assistance for judol has begun to decrease. In 2025, the Ministry of Social Affairs had scratched about 600 thousand recipients. A small portion was then given the opportunity to receive again after the reactivation process and field inspection.
However, the opportunity is not free. Gus Ipul emphasized that the recipient who repeats will be permanently deleted.
"If we repeat it again, we will cross it out forever," he said.
The Ministry of Social Affairs works together with the Financial Transaction Reporting and Analysis Center or PPATK to match the data of social assistance recipients. This year, the Ministry of Social Affairs will also submit the latest data from the Central Statistics Agency update to PPATK.
This step was taken to ensure that social assistance was not targeted incorrectly. Gus Ipul said that the findings of social assistance recipients indicated that many judol were in desil 1 and 2, namely the most vulnerable group of people.
He also admitted that there was assistance used by others. However, recipients who deliberately used social assistance for judol would be given a red line.
"Those who are intentional, we will give them a red line," he said.
Gus Ipul hopes that social assistance does not make people lose their enthusiasm for working. Social assistance, according to him, should be a gateway to empowerment programs, not to be spent on online gambling.
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