West Java Police Proposes 72 Online Gambling Sites Blocked By Kominfo

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

West Java Regional Police (Polda) submitted a blocking application for 72 sites indicated online gambling to the Ministry of Communication and Information (Kominfo).

"So far, from the results of monitoring in the digital space or what we know about cyber patrols, we found that today, June 25, 2024, there are approximately 72 accounts, 72 sites indicated for online gambling," said Head of Public Relations of the West Java Police, Kombes Pol Jules Abraham Abast in Bandung, Wednesday, June 26, quoted by Antara.

Jules said that his party had communicated with the Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police to take firm action against the findings so that the Kominfo would block it.

"Of course we have asked for this application to block online gambling sites, we ask the Ministry of Communication and Information or Kominfo. And of course we go through the Criminal Investigation Unit of the Police," he said.

Furthermore, he revealed that his party continues to aggressively carry out cyber patrols to eradicate online gambling sites which are currently considered very disturbing.

"Until now, the West Java Police continue to take preventive measures and take action against cases of online gambling," he said.

Previously, the Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs (Polhukam) of the Republic of Indonesia Hadi Tjahjanto revealed West Java as the province with the highest number of online gamblers

Hadi, who is also the Head of the Online Judi Task Force, revealed that there were 535,644 people who became online gamblers with a transaction value of IDR 3.8 trillion.

"The five largest provinces are demographically exposed (online gambling), based on data from PPATK, the first is the one above, West Java," said Hadi.