JAKARTA - Metro Jaya Police Chief Inspector General Karyoto said that routinely checking the cellphones of its members to ensure that no one was involved in online gambling.

This step is a follow-up to the direction of President Joko Widodo or Jokowi to eradicate criminal acts of online gambling.

"We are also controlling it with cellphone raids and if we can, we will be sanctioned," Karyoto told reporters, Tuesday, June 25.

It is undeniable that the online gambling phenomenon has spread to all levels of society. In fact, the majority of victims are young people.

Therefore, Karyoto asked parents to be more active and care about checking their children's cellphones.

"We hope that all Indonesians, parents must care about gadgets because the source is all here," he said.

"Now life is not big. Life is not gambling. Life is not a lottery. Life is hard work," continued Karyoto.

Not only that, Karyoto also mentioned that online gambling practices are prohibited by all religions. Moreover, life is not a lottery but requires hard work.

"Life is hard work. Life is something real. Don't add 1 to want to get 10. Pair 10 to get 100, pair 100 to get 1000, pair 1000 to get 1 million. No, we ourselves lose money," said Karyoto.


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