Listyo Sigit Prabowo has attended a working meeting with the House of Representatives Commission III.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Indonesia.- General Listyo Sigit Prabowo<\/strong>, chief of the Indonesian National Police, has will pursue measures against any police officers implicated in supporting online gambling. He made the statement following a working meeting with Commission III of the House of Representatives at the Parliament Complex in Senayan, Jakarta, on Monday (November 11).\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sigit Prabowo said he had directed the Professional and Security Division (Propam) to take disciplinary actions against any officers found to be involved and that criminal investigations would also be taken. According to Tempo, he said: “For those involved in receiving or even backing [bribes], I will request a thorough criminal investigation and prosecution.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n A week ago, the Jakarta Police arrested\u00a011 officials from the Communication and Digitalization Ministry\u00a0<\/strong>for allegedly allowing online gambling operators to keep their websites operational despite a presidential order for an immediate shutdown.\u00a0Wira Satya Triputra<\/strong>, director of the Jakarta Police\u2019s General Crime Division, said officers took bribes to allow approximately\u00a020 per cent of the 5,000 gambling websites<\/strong>\u00a0identified to continue operating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n See also: <\/strong>Indonesian minister warns against using state aid for online gambling<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Gambling in Indonesia is illegal<\/strong> for both citizens and foreigners. In September, Budie Arie Setiadi<\/a>, Indonesia\u2019s communication and informatics minister, announced that between July 17, 2023 and 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 from November 7, 2023 to August 8, 2024 and 5,173 to Meta from December 15, 2023 to August 8, 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Meanwhile, several ministers are 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. The government has also implemented a monitoring system using artificial intelligence to\u00a0detect websites associated with online gambling<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Listyo Sigit Prabowo has attended a working meeting with the House of Representatives Commission III.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":777012806,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The Indonesian National Police Chief, General Listyo Sigit Prabowo, has announced stringent measures, including criminal investigations, against any police officers found to be supporting illegal online gambling operations. 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