TB Hasanuddin: DPR Once Reminded ASN Allegations Of Being Involved In Judol But Not Getting Budi Arie's Attention

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JAKARTA - Member of Commission I DPR RI TB Hasanuddin admitted that he was not surprised if any ASN personnel were involved in the Online Judi (judol) case.

According to him, he had long suspected the involvement of ASN but did not get the attention of the Minister of Communication and Information (Menkominfo) last period, namely Budi Arie.

"At that time, I had identified. It seemed impossible if no ASN or Minister of Communication and Information employees were involved, but at that time it did not get the attention of Minister Budi Arie," said TB Hasanuddin, Tuesday, November 5.

As is known, Polda Metro Jaya arrested 11 suspects involved in organizing judol activities. Of these 11 suspects, some came from the Ministry of Communication and Digital or Komdigi (formerly the Minister of Communication and Information).

As a partner of the Ministry of Communication and Informatics (now Komdigi), continued TB Hasanuddin, Commission I of the DPR pays serious attention to the phenomenon of judol which is already very disturbing.

He explained that what he conveyed to Budi Arie when he was still the Minister of Communication and Information was not without reason. Because the Ministry of Communication and Informatics has the authority to block judol sites.

According to him, the judol problem should be resolved immediately if no one plays or abuses responsibility. TB regrets the involvement of unscrupulous ministry employees in judol activities.

"Now it is proven and clear, even 16 perpetrators have been arrested by the police," said the legislator from the West Java IX electoral district.

From the development of the case of unblocking online gambling sites involving Komdigi Ministry employees, the police have named two new suspects. Currently, a total of 16 people have been named as suspects in the case.

A total of 11 suspects in this case are Komdigi employees, while the other 5 are civilians. The advantages obtained by the suspects were the result of fostering online gambling sites, namely Rp. 8.5 million per one web. They have 'trained' a thousand online gambling sites so that from the action, the perpetrators can earn Rp. 8.5 billion per month.

Komdigi employees who are seen in this network should be tasked with blocking online gambling sites. However, they abuse their authority by actually carrying out 'construction' of these sites.

"They were given the authority to block online gambling sites but did not do that," added TB Hasanuddin.