PKS Legislator Asks TNI To Participate In Eradicating Online Gambling: If Soldiers Are Deployed, It's Not Difficult To 'roll' It

DPR Commission I Meeting with Defense Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin/PHOTO: Nailin In Saroh-VOI

JAKARTA - Member of Commission I DPR from the PKS faction, Sukamta, asked the Indonesian National Army (TNI) to participate in eradicating online gambling (judol) which is increasingly rife in the country. According to Sukamta, it is not difficult to eradicate online gambling if soldiers are deployed.

This was conveyed by Sukamta in a working meeting of Commission I of the DPR with the Minister of Defense, Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin and the TNI Commander, General Agus Subiyanto.

"Earlier, the Minister of Defense had said that threats, one of which was non-military, namely online gambling. Online gambling is an increasingly serious problem, if the PPATK says the turnover is 2023, the turnover is IDR 350 trillion. Yesterday, someone said that the turnover has reached IDR 900 trillion. Meanwhile, the TNI budget is only IDR 165 trillion, it has exceeded drugs. Some people say that international actors have infiltrated the apparatus," said Sukamta in the House of Representatives Commission I room, Monday, November 25.

Sukamta believes the TNI can overcome the problem of online gambling in Indonesia. He hopes that Defense Minister Sjafrie can talk to the President of the Republic of Indonesia, Prabowo Subianto to assign the TNI to this judol eradication effort.

"I don't know the facts, but I'm sure that only the TNI can handle it. If the TNI is seriously deployed, it's not difficult to roll it around," said Sukamta.

"Well, I really hope that the Minister of Defense can lobby the president, hopefully the president will assign the TNI to complete this title," he added.

"But I hope that if it is assigned later, sir, the 20 percent of the turnover that was raided was given by the TNI for the welfare of members. It's pretty good if it's IDR 900 trillion, 20 percent, yes, it's IDR 180 trillion, more than the APBN budget," he concluded.