Minister Of Education And Culture Meets The Attorney General, Discusses Online Gambling

Minister of Communication and Digital Affairs (Komdigi), Meutya Hafid. (doc Komdigi)

JAKARTA - Minister of Communication and Digital Affairs (Komdigi), Meutya Hafid met with the Attorney General, ST Burhanuddin, to discuss several things regarding strengthening the ministry's work. At the meeting, one of them was handling online gambling.

The meeting of the two state officials took place at the Attorney General's Office (AGO), Thursday, November 14.

"Earlier also mentioned the joint commitment related to handling online gambling," Meutya told reporters.

In an effort to eradicate online gambling, cooperation between agencies needs to be done early on. Thus, a similar commitment is created to build a better Indonesia.

Moreover, said Meutya, eradicating online gambling is one of President Prabowo Subianto's directives included in Asta Cita

"So more or less, this is also in accordance with the President's direction which states that all fields, all institutions must unite in handling and preventing online gambling," he said.

In addition, at the meeting, the two also discussed the supervision of the infrastructure development program carried out by Komdigi.

In particular, development in disadvantaged, frontier, and outermost areas or commonly known as 3T.

"Earlier, you asked to be escorted, monitored from the start, about what we can improve in terms of governance, especially in programs related to connectivity or connectivity infrastructure development," said Mueutya.

In addition, the Attorney General said that the online gambling case is currently still in the realm of investigation and investigation by the National Police.

However, the AGO is said to support and synergize with all agencies in eradicating online gambling.

"For gambling, now the mosque is under investigation, but later the follow-up will be in the determination, however, we will synergize with the ministry so that things that harm the community do not happen again," said Burhanuddin.