Papua Provincial Government Tracing Its ASN Caught Playing Online Gambling Processed By Law

Acting Governor of Papua Christians Limbong when giving directions at a joint rally at the courtyard of the Papua Governor's Office, Jayapura City, Monday (11/11). (ANTARA/Qadri Pratiwi)

PAPUA - Acting Governor of Papuavistra Limbong ensured that the Papua Provincial Government (Pemprov) State Civil Apparatus (ASN) who were caught playing online gambling (judol) would be immediately prosecuted.

"Therefore, the Department of Communication and Digital Affairs is ready to carry out tracing, because I have conveyed to ASN if anyone is caught playing judol then strict sanctions are being processed by law," he said in Jayapura, Monday, November 11, confiscated by Antara.

According to his parents, his party is also making a circular regarding online gambling because this is very detrimental to himself, metal health and is a criminal act. "If he is an ASN, I will immediately process the law, please report if there are employees who play and bring evidence along," he said.

He explained that so far there have been no reports regarding ASN playing because tracing will be carried out because any gambling is very detrimental to the state, because the capital also runs abroad.

"Our supervision shows that there are two things that the governor does through circulars and emphasis and the OPD explains the impact of online gambling so that it becomes a deeper understanding for ASN," he said.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs (Kemenkomdigi) has blocked as much as 227,811 content related to online gambling, starting from October 20 to November 5, 2024 at 06.00 WIB.

The Director General of Information and Public Communication (IKP) of the Ministry of Communication and Industry, Prabu Revta Revolution, said the figure was equivalent to an average of 14,238 content that was lowered per day, and showed the government's commitment to maintaining public digital security and health from the dangers posed by online gambling content.

"We continue to work hard every day to crack down on dangerous content with the multiplatform control scale we run, this challenge is not easy," Prabu said in a press statement (5/11).

Prabu stated that prosecution is not only a matter of numbers and perpetrators who support online gambling but also about protecting the public from exposure to content that has the potential to damage the mental, economic and social order.