Saifullah Yusuf said funds meant for education and food should not be used for online gambling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Indonesia.- Saifullah Yusuf<\/strong>, Indonesia’s social affairs minister, has warned beneficiaries of social assistance not to use state aid for online gambling<\/strong>. He said aid was intended for food and education, including to reduce cases of stunted growth among children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n During a working visit to Semarang, Central Java, Yusuf said: “We hope that all assistance provided by the government can be used properly.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n Yusuf added: “The president has said, take advantage of the assistance. It may not be perfect but if used properly, it can bring many benefits to you, especially for our children,” he noted. According to Antara News, while in Semarang, Yusuf distributed aid totalling Rp71,943,577,891 (US$4.5m).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gambling in Indonesia is illegal<\/strong> for both citizens and foreigners. In September, Budie Arie Setiadi<\/strong>, Indonesia\u2019s communication and informatics minister, announced that between July 17,\u00a02023\u00a0and September 17, 2024, the ministry removed 3,383,000 pieces of online gambling content. The ministry submitted 20,842 keywords related to online gambling to Google\u00a0from November 7, 2023 to August 8, 2024\u00a0and 5,173 to Meta\u00a0from December 15, 2023 to August 8, 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n During a press conference, Arie said he has asked the Bank Indonesia (BI) to\u00a0block 573 digital wallets linked to online gambling<\/strong>. The government has implemented a monitoring system using artificial intelligence to\u00a0detect websites associated with online gambling<\/a>. The ministry is also collaborating with the Financial Services Authority (OJK) and the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK) to\u00a0stop the use of payment and banking systems<\/a>\u00a0for online gambling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In unrelated news, Abdullah Azwar Anas<\/strong>, the Indonesian state minister for Apparatus Empowerment and Bureaucratic Reforms, issued a circular on the prevention and handling of online gambling in government Institutions.\u00a0Circular number 5\/2024\u00a0<\/strong>warns that state employees could face penalties ranging from warnings to suspension or dismissal, depending on the severity of the offence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Anas urged government institutions to\u00a0launch campaigns and initiatives to prevent gambling<\/strong>. Central and regional governments are expected to conduct educational activities for state employees and non-state employees. Heads of government institutions will have to conduct periodic monitoring and evaluations of efforts and to report actions to the Head of the State Civil Service Agency (BKN).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Saifullah Yusuf said funds meant for education and food should not be used for online gambling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":13190,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Indonesia's government is intensifying its multi-faceted crackdown on illegal online gambling, with the Social Affairs Minister warning beneficiaries against misusing state aid for such activities. Concurrently, the Communication and Informatics Ministry has removed millions of pieces of online gambling content, blocked associated keywords and digital wallets, and is leveraging AI and inter-agency collaboration with BI, OJK, and PPATK to disrupt payment flows. Furthermore, a circular from the State Minister for Apparatus Empowerment and Bureaucratic Reforms mandates strict penalties for state employees engaged in online gambling, underscoring a comprehensive regulatory and enforcement push.","focusai_entities":"Saifullah Yusuf, Budie Arie Setiadi, Abdullah Azwar Anas, Antara News, Google, Meta, Bank Indonesia (BI), Financial Services Authority (OJK), Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK), State Civil Service Agency (BKN)","focusai_location":"Indonesia, Semarang, Central Java","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (1.0), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (1.0), affiliate_publisher (0.9), tech_data (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (1.0), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on Payment Processors","query":"What specific measures are Bank Indonesia, OJK, and PPATK implementing to identify and block payment gateways and digital wallets facilitating illegal online gambling, and what are the implications for legitimate cross-border payment providers?"},{"label":"Regulatory Enforcement Efficacy","query":"Given the extensive content removal and keyword blocking efforts, what metrics are being used to assess the efficacy of Indonesia's AI-driven monitoring system and inter-agency collaboration in truly curbing the supply and demand for illegal online gambling?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[154,16333],"tags":[4138],"class_list":["post-777020287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legislation-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-online-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777020287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777020287"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777020287\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777020303,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777020287\/revisions\/777020303"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777020287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777020287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777020287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Indonesian minister warns employees against online gambling<\/h2>\n\n\n\n