18-Year-Old Teenager In Garut Buys Ad 6 Online Gambling Sites, Paid IDR 300 Thousand To IDR 1 Million

The police showed evidence in the disclosure of an online gambling case at the Garut Police Headquarters, West Java, Wednesday (6/11/2024). (ANTARA/HO-Polres Garut)

Garut Police, West Java, arrested a female celebrity citizen of Garut Regency, West Java for promoting six online gambling sites through her social media accounts which so far are in accordance with the law that promotions are prohibited in Indonesia.

"One woman who was arrested in the online gambling promotion case through her Instagram, and we are still developing it," said Head of the Public Relations Section of the Garut Police, Ipda Susilo Adhi when contacted via cell phone in Garut, Antara, Wednesday, November 6.

The suspect, a woman with the initials FM (18), is a resident of Bayongbong Subdistrict, Garut, who is suspected of being in her social media account, Instagram, is promoting six online gambling sites.

The police, he said, will continue to develop because there may be other parties involved in the practice of promoting online gambling that ensnared the woman from Garut.

"Currently, we are still examining the role of advertising online gambling on social media," he said.

He said the results of the interim inspection showed that six online gambling sites were promoted, namely the 86BBOSS, 86JOSS, 86ASIK, PIXIU, BVBWIN and JEJUSLOT sites. The case was successfully revealed after the Garut Police Criminal Investigation Unit conducted a cyber patrol that found FM promoting online gambling since December 2023.

Adi said that FM actors get paid to promote online gambling sites ranging from Rp. 300 thousand to Rp. 1 million which is calculated for two weeks, as well as for one month.

As a result of his actions, said Adhi, the suspect was charged with Article 27 paragraph 2 in conjunction with Article 45 paragraph 3 of Law Number 1 of 2024 concerning the second amendment to Law Number 11 of 2008 concerning Electronic Information and Transactions.

"For the threat of punishment for the perpetrators a maximum of 10 years in prison and / or a fine of Rp. 10 billion," he said.

With the disclosure of the online gambling promotion case, Adi appealed to the public using social media not to arbitrarily promote online gambling sites because the act violated the law.

He reminded the public to be careful by not accepting offers to promote the site, especially online gambling, if they do so, they will be involved in legal problems.

"People should never try with online gambling problems because no one will win, and don't advertise gambling," he said.