Menkomdigi Meutya Asks Himbara To Block Accounts Playing Online Gambling

JAKARTA - Minister of Communication and Digital Affairs Meutya Hafid asked the Association of State-Owned Banks (Himbara) to jointly eradicate online gambling in Indonesia.

Dalam pertemuan strategis bersama Wakil Menteri BUMN dan para pemimpin perusahaan BUMN, Meutya menyerukan langkah tegas berupa pemblokiran rekening bank yang terindikasi digunakan untuk transaksi judi online.

Meutya explained that blocking bank accounts will provide a significant deterrent effect for online bookies, in contrast to sites that are easy to recreate in a short time.

If the account is blocked, the management will be much more difficult because it has to go through the bank. This is one of the keys to reduce the number of online gambling transactions," he explained.

The Minister of Trade also stated his commitment to continue to open collaboration with various parties, including BUMN, in eradicating online gambling.

One of them, Minister Meutya asked that there be an alert system from the bank when there is an unnatural activity or transaction.

"We hope that Himbara and other SOEs have a strong commitment to protecting the public from the threat of online gambling," he said.

In addition, the Minister of Trade also encourages Selular Operators such as Telkomsel to improve governance on the number of sim card holdings based on NIK through sim card registration.