Police Ask Kominfo To Block 2,862 Online Gambling Sites

Karo Penmas, Police Public Relations Division, Brigadier General Trunoyudo Wisnu Andiko (Rizky AP/VOI)

JAKARTA - The National Police continues to eradicate online gambling practices in Indonesia. So far, Bareskrim has proposed blocking 2,862 gambling sites. "The request for submissions for blocking sites related to online gambling is 2,862 sites," said Karo Penmas, Police Public Relations Division, Brigadier General Trunoyudo Wisnu Andiko, to reporters, Tuesday, May 7. The application for blocking thousands of gambling sites was addressed to the Ministry of Communication and Information (Kominfo) of the Republic of Indonesia. Not only that, Bareksrim Polri also carried out a series of actions against online gambling. It was recorded that 115 cases were handled for the period 23 April 2024 to 6 May 2024. "Revealing cases of 115 cases with a total of 142 suspects or suspects," he said. Meanwhile, one of the disclosures of the online gambling case was carried out by the Polda Metro Jaya which raided three online gambling bases in the Teluk Naga area, Tangerang Regency. In the raid, 11 people were named as suspects. They play the role of managers to customer service.

The gambling sites carried out by the suspects were weather 77. On the site, there are various types of gambling games such as slots, sports, live Casinos, shooting lottery fish or lottery fish, e-games, and cockfighting.