Police Call The Aceh Celebrity Which Endorse Judi Online Receives A Salary Of IDR 2.5 Million A Month

Illustration - An online gambling site promoted by the Aceh celebrity (ANTARA/HO-Humas Polresta Banda Aceh)

ACEH - Celebrity SRC (27) and her husband HF (30) were arrested by the Banda Aceh City Police Criminal Investigation Unit for endorsed an online gambling site. Every month SRC claims to receive a fee of IDR 2.5 million. "Every month in promoting the site, the SRC gets a bonus of IDR 2.5 million and it has been in its business for the past eight months," he said. Head of Criminal Investigation Unit of the Banda Aceh Police, Kompol Fadillah Aditya Pratama, when the case was released in Banda Aceh, Antara, Tuesday, August 29. SRC was arrested with her husband HF at her home on Saturday, August 26. One unit of Iphone 12 Promax cellphone, an ATM sheet and an Instagram account screenshot used to promote or endorse online gambling was also confiscated by investigators. Fadillah said that the arrest of husband and wife began with reports from residents through WA Curhat Kapolresta Banda Aceh regarding the Instagram account of a Instagram celebrity from Aceh who promoted online gambling sites. Continuing from the team's report that has been formed, they immediately conducted an investigation into the Instagram account @srsuci_syam belonging to SRC (27). From the results of the investigation, it is known that this Nagan Raya resident is at his home. The SRC's social media account has been followed by 174 thousand followers. He was tempted by admin offers from online gambling sites, including MAXGACOR.CLICK and ROBOSLOT. Meanwhile, HF, her husband SRC, found out that his wife was promoting on SRC's personal Instagram account, as in her photo written on the MAXGACOR.CLICK and ROBOSLOT websites. However, he was reluctant to report it to the police on the grounds that he did not know that it was an online gambling site, but a beauty product. The actions committed by the perpetrators are strongly suspected of violating Article 45 paragraph (2) of Law Number 19 of 2016 Amendments to Law Number 11 of 2008 concerning Information and Electronic Transactions (ITE).

The article states that anyone who intentionally and without rights distributes and/or transmits and/or makes accessible electronic information and/or electronic documents that have gambling content can be punished. "In Article 27 paragraph (2) it is stated that imprisonment can be punished with a maximum of six years and/or a maximum fine of Rp. 1 billion," said Kompol Fadillah.