JAKARTA - The West Sumatran Police Chief Inspector General of Police Teddy Minahasa Putra emphasized that the province must be free from gambling crimes to maintain the dignity of the region which has the Basandi Syara Syara Basandi Kitabullah (ABS-SBK) Indigenous philosophy.
"I am surprised that this year, gambling crimes have increased compared to last year, this will be our focus going forward," said Teddy, quoted on Saturday, January 1.
In 2020 there were 110 gambling cases from all cities and regencies in the area while in 2021 there were 166 cases, or an increase of around 60 percent.
"I ask the Ditreskrimum and the ranks of the Resort Police to respond well to this matter, so that there will be no more gambling in West Sumatra," he said.
He said that West Sumatra is known as a religious province and has customary standards that have a philosophy of tradition and religion.
"If there is a gambling action in this area of course it will be very contradictory to it," he said.
He emphasized that you should not play with gambling because this crime will develop into another crime.
"We want West Sumatra to be free from gambling and other criminal acts," he said.
Previously, the West Sumatra Police Chief claimed that the crime rate in the area had decreased throughout 2021 compared to 2020.
"There will be 5,099 crimes in 2021, while in 2020 there will be 8,525 crimes," he said.
He assessed that the decrease in the crime rate in the area was due to two things, namely police officers who worked well in the field so that they were able to prevent criminal acts from occurring.
Second, because the level of public awareness of the law is getting higher and the potential for disturbances to Kamtibmas is starting to decrease.
"Regarding the correlation with the busyness of Polri members in vaccination activities, comprehensive research is needed. The decline in the number of criminal acts is probably due to the two things above," he said.
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