Online Gambling Promotion, 2 Celebrities In Bali Arrested

DOC Jembrana Police

Jembrana Police, Bali arrested a perpetrator of theft and two perpetrators of online gambling promotion via social media.

"The perpetrator of the theft carried out his actions at the Nusantara Pengambengan Fisheries Port, while we tracked the perpetrators of online gambling promotions through cyber patrols," said Jembrana Police Criminal Investigation Unit Head AKP Agus Riwayanto Diputra, Friday, November 24.

Agus said the perpetrator of the theft, namely KH (29) from Banyubiru Village, Negara District, was a recidivist in a theft case who had just been released from prison.

In the crime, the perpetrators targeted vehicles, especially motorbikes, which were parked in the Nusantara Pengambengan Fisheries Port area.

"The perpetrator forcibly opened the motorcycle seat, then took the items stored below. Apart from the motorbike, he also stole a bag containing money from a parked car," he said, quoted by ANTARA.

According to him, after receiving reports of a number of losses at the Nusantara Fisheries Port, his party conducted an investigation and soon arrested the perpetrators.

Pelaku yang baru saja menjalani hukuman sembilan bulan penjara, sehari-hari bekerja di port tersebut sebagai pekerja pelvik fish.

It was recorded that he committed theft four times at the Nusantara Pengambengan Port, from November 7 to November 20.

Of the four acts of theft, from below the three seats of the perpetrator's motorbike, he took a number of items ranging from cell phones, money, STNK, ATM cards and a number of other items, and from one car he took a bag containing Rp1.2 million.

From KH, the police confiscated a number of evidences such as cell phones, ATMs and more than Rp600,000 in cash. By the police, the perpetrator was charged with Article 362 of the Criminal Code with a penalty of five years in prison.

Separately, the Jembrana Police Criminal Investigation Unit also revealed and arrested the perpetrators of online gambling promotions through social media.

"We did cyber patrols and found social media accounts used for online gambling promotions," said Agus.

From the tracking, it is known that the owner of the account is a woman with the initials DD (22), from the state but lives in Denpasar. In her account, this woman installs an online gambling promotion, which is directly connected to slot gambling.

"We arrested the perpetrator in Denpasar, and from our development we arrested the other perpetrators," he said.

Based on DD's statement, the police arrested AG (19), a woman from Central Java who lives in Denpasar.

The role of AG, said Agus, was to ask DD to install an online gambling promotion on his social media account in exchange for IDR 600,000.

As a result of their actions, the two perpetrators were charged with Article 27 paragraph (2) yunto Article 45 paragraph (2) of Law Number 19 of 2016 concerning Amendments to Law Number 11 of 2008 concerning Information and Electronic Transactions.

In addition to the ITE law, both of them were also charged with Article 55 of the Criminal Code with a total penalty of six years in prison.