Police Investigate Alleged Frog Bhiser Promote Online Gambling

Residents access online gambling sites through their devices in Bogor. (ANTARA/Yulius Satria Wijaya)

JAKARTA - Katak Bhizer influencer is suspected of promoting online gambling sites. Polda Metro Jaya is investigating the allegation.

Head of Public Relations of Polda Metro Jaya Kombes Ade Ary Syam Indradi said the investigation into the alleged promotion of online gambling by Katak Bhiser was based on reports of information from the public.

"We follow up. We immediately went to the field to check the truth," said Ade to reporters, Tuesday, October 8.

Separately, Head of Sub-Directorate for Jatanras Ditreskrimum Polda Metro Jaya AKBP Rovan Richard Mahenu said his party had taken steps to investigate the allegation.

One of the things done by looking for the existence of the Influencer was to clarify the suspicion of promoting online gambling. However, his whereabouts were not found because from the information obtained, the Bhiser Frog had already gone abroad.

"The person is abroad, based on the information of his employees and we have checked the crossing data. He has been abroad from last month," he said.

The results of a temporary investigation, Frog Bhiser promotes online gambling during live broadcasts on his social media accounts while abroad.

Currently, the police have coordinated with the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology to block the Bhizer Frog YouTube channel.

"So he's live from abroad. But now all of his channels have been closed," said Rovan.