Coordinating Ministry For Human Development And Culture Will Data On Family Members Of Online Judicial Victims From 5,000 Accounts Blocked By PPATK

Illustration. Residents see online gambling advertisements through their smartphones in Jakarta, Wednesday 19 June 2024. (ANTARA PHOTO-Aprillio Akbar)

JAKARTA - The Coordinating Ministry for Human Development and Culture (Kemenko PMK) is ready to trace online gambling victims from account numbers that have been blocked by the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK).

"Based on the PPATK report, 5,000 accounts have been blocked related to online gambling, I ask to be examined," said Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture Muhadjir Effendy in Jakarta, Wednesday, June 19, quoted by Antara.

Muhadjir explained that the blocked account number would later be traced and the data would be checked whether the owner was listed as a beneficiary of social assistance (bansos) or not.

For the owner of the account number who is found to use it to play online gambling, he said, the person concerned will be prosecuted criminally by the Online Gambling Eradication Task Force chaired by the Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs (Kemenko Polhukam).

"The action was taken because after all they could not, they received the social assistance and then they could join in playing this gambling," he said.

Furthermore, the main point is that the Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture assesses that from the search, it will also be known how many family members are considered victims or those who are harmed by gambling activities.

The family who are victims will receive social assistance, health, financial recovery and rehabilitation by the Coordinating Ministry for Human Development and Culture together with the Ministry of Social Affairs, the Ministry of Women's Empowerment and Child Protection to the Ministry of Health.

"The series is indeed long but (optimistic) everything will be known, especially who is the victim for assistance or rehabilitation efforts if there is a psychological disorder," he said.