National Police Chief Listyo Sigit Affirms The Action Of Police Members Involved In Gambling

National Police Chief Gen. Pol Listyo Sigit Prabowo. (Photo: Doc. Antara)

JAKARTA - The National Police Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo emphasized that if a police officer is involved in a gambling network, it will be processed and dealt with firmly. "What is clear is that if there is involvement in it, we will process it. This is so that it becomes clear and colleagues can also know the steps we are currently implementing," said General Sigit at the National Police Headquarters, Jakarta, Friday, September 30, responding to the issue of Consortium 303, reported by Antara. Sigit explained that the National Police had formed a joint team with the Financial Analysis and Transaction Report Center (PPATK) to conduct an analysis of financial transactions suspected of being related to gambling. "Saat ini ada yang sedang kami analisis, ada 329 rekening, sebanyak 202 rekening saat ini sudah kamiblokir," katanya. Regarding the issue of Consortium 303, Sigit said that the National Police is firm in eradicating no criminal gambling, both online and conventional gambling. Throughout 2022, 2,049 gambling activities have been carried out by arresting 3,296 suspects. This number consists of 1,408 conventional gambling cases with 2,369 suspects and 641 online gambling with 927 suspects. Specifically in July 2022, said Sigit, there were 2,236 gambling cases handled by the National Police with 3,748 suspects. Specifically for online gambling, there were 1,125 cases by arresting 1,516 suspects, consisting of 1,446 players and the rest related to organizers starting from customer service, employees, laboratory owners, and website service providers. "Of course we don't stop there,” said Sigit. The National Police has also named 10 suspects with a wanted list (DPO) and is suspected of being involved with an online gambling group. Four suspects are indicated domestically, namely TN, R, FN, and K. Meanwhile, the suspects are indicated abroad with the initials IT, TS, EA, B, KA, and J. "Currently we have formed a special team consisting of Bareskrim, the last regional police, Hubinter to make various efforts," he said. The National Police Chief explained that the first effort was to find a fugitive who is currently abroad by making a red notice. The second effort is to approach the police to police scheme by sending members of the National Police to five countries. "And of course we are waiting for the results and can bring the high-end fugitive back to domestic. I don't need to mention the countries, what is clear is that five countries will be seen from there, please pray for us to bring them back, and from there later we will be able to see (the involvement of gambling)," said Sigit.