3 Perpetrators Of Online Gambling Promotion Arrested In South Sulawesi, 2 Still Students Earn IDR 1 Million One Post On IG

Press conference for online gambling cases at the South Sumatra Police Headquarters in Palembang, Tuesday (7/5/2024). (ANTARA/M IMAM PRAMENA)

SUMSEL - South Sumatra Police arrested three perpetrators, two of whom are still students, related to the online gambling promotion case through social media (medsos). "We arrested three perpetrators promoting online gambling sites through social media Instagram. Of the three perpetrators, two people are students," said Head of Sub-Directorate V Siber Polda South Sumatra Plh AKBP Hadi Saefudin during a press conference at the South Sumatra Police Headquarters, in Palembang, Tuesday, May 7, confiscated by Antara. He said, one perpetrator with the initials DD is still in the process of serving his sentence. Meanwhile, two perpetrators who are still ADP and EA students whose status has been returned to their parents. "We have returned the two students to their parents. currently we have returned them to their parents but are still in the process of legal handling, one more we are holding them," he said. He explained, in his role these three actors promote online gambling situ through their personal Instagram, they get wages from site owners from Rp1-2 million. For businesses promoting online gambling, it has been running for two months to three months. "For two students getting Rp1 million wages, while DD perpetrators receive a wage of Rp2 million once an online site post," he said. The article is applied and the criminal threat of article 27 paragraph 2 Jo article 24 paragraph 3 with RI Law No II 2008 concerning information and electronic transactions with a legal threat of 10 years in prison and a fine of Rp10 billion.