Police Prepare Ethical And Criminal Sanctions For Members Involved In Online Gambling

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

JAKARTA - The National Police confirms that they will take action against all members of the Bhayangkara Corps who are involved in online gambling. Ethical sanctions to criminal sanctions will be applied. "The National Police will certainly be firm and consistent in implementing sanctions, both internally related to the code of ethics and also found in a criminal act," said Karo Penmas, Police Public Relations Division, Brigadier General Trunoyudo Wisnu Andiko, to reporters, Thursday, June 20. This step is a form of upholding online gambling. Moreover, the commitment is said to have been contained in the internal police regulations. "The Chief of Police has conveyed that related to internal binding regulations, there is a code of ethics and general crimes apply to (members) of the National Police," he said. Not only taking action, prevention efforts were also carried out by involving Propam personnel. Currently, a circular has been issued to all divisions or units at Koprs Bhayangkara regarding online gambling action. "From the Police Propam Division, we have provided a recommendation or a circular letter or from us, we provide a unit lighting sheet, that it is related to the rules of the code of ethics, prohibitions," he said. On the other hand, Trunoyudo also said that in taking action against online gambling, the police had revealed 729 cases as of April 2024. Of the hundreds of cases, 1,158 people were named as suspects.

Even with the previous year, the National Police had revealed more online gambling cases. "Of course, the total number of suspects from 2023 to 2024 is 1,988 cases and 3,145 suspects," said Trunoyudo.