Don't Stop At 2 Gambling Promoters 'Jitu Togel And Monas Haka,' South Sumatra Police Now Hunt Big Boss

Online gambling/Antara

SUMSEL - Officials of the Cyber Sub-Directorate V of the Special Criminal Investigation Directorate of the South Sumatra Regional Police (Polda Sumsel) arrested two promoters of an online gambling site that has been operating for two years in this area.

Director of the Special Criminal Investigation Directorate of the South Sumatra Police Kombes Barly Ramadhany said the two suspects, namely Mukhobirillah alias Abir (29), a resident of Muaro Lama Village, Karang Dapo District, North Musi Rawas.

Then, the suspect is Dedi Hariyanto (26), a resident of Cereme Taba, Lubuk Linggau City. The suspects were arrested separately in a boarding house and housing complex in Lubuk Linggau City, last Tuesday.

The two suspects promoted and invited the public to play on an online gambling site through YouTube accounts called "Jitu Togel" "Monas Haka" and "Asal Jepang" with thousands of followers.

"This practice was revealed after Unit 1 Sub-Directorate V Cyber passed cyber operations, after getting the address they were immediately arrested," he explained in Palembang, Antara, Wednesday, August 24.

To investigators, he said, the suspect admitted that he had been promoting the online gambling site for the past two years, with an income of IDR 4 million - IDR 5 million per one account every month.

"It's still under development to reveal who the boss who hired them was, who was suspected to be from outside the country. Where the online gambling site contains lottery gambling, poker, slots, and the like," he said, accompanied by the Head of Sub-Directorate V Cyber AKBP Fitriyanti.

From the two suspects, the police confiscated evidence of several units of laptops, iPhone devices, lottery recap books, BRI ATM cards, Maybank ATMs, YouTube accounts, and cash worth IDR 114 thousand and IDR 1.4 million.

The suspects are suspected of violating Article 27 paragraph 2 in conjunction with Article 45 paragraph 2 Number 11 of 2008 concerning Information and Electronic Transactions and or Article 378 of the Criminal Code in conjunction with Article 55 of the Criminal Code and Article 303 of the Criminal Code. The threat of imprisonment for six years and a fine of IDR 1 billion.