JAKARTA - Minister of Villages and Development of Disadvantaged Regions (Mendes PDT) Yandri Susanto emphasized that he would brush the village head (kades) who dared to misappropriate funds such as online gambling (judol).

"In the past two days, a village head in a village fund has been taken for online gambling. Wow, I will 'brush' it later through the police and prosecutors," said Mendes Yandri in the Socialization of Village Minister Regulation (Permendes) Number 2 of 2024 concerning Operational Guidelines for the Focus of Using Village Funds in 2025 for the Java region, as monitored through the YouTube channel of the Ministry of Villages PDT in Jakarta, Friday, January 31, confiscated by Antara.

He emphasized that the Kemendes PDT will not tolerate any form of misappropriation of village funds.

"So there is no tolerance. We ministers, deputy ministers will definitely not protect it," he said.

On the same occasion, the former Deputy Chairperson of the MPR RI reminded that every village head should maintain the responsibilities that have been given by the state to them.

"So please, have authority, the honor of the father/mother (village head) please protect it, do not be injured by irresponsible behavior," said Mendes Yandri.

Previously, the Head of the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK) Ivan Yustiavandana stated that his party was investigating allegations of misappropriation of village funds for judol.

Ivan also confirmed that currently PPATK has found around six village heads in one district in North Sumatra have used village funds for judol. He suspects that other areas also have similar modes.

Furthermore, PPATK found that six village heads in North Sumatra used village funds for judol of around Rp. 50-260 million. PPATK also found that as many as Rp. 40 billion of village funds in the district were allegedly used for judol.


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