{"id":777031463,"date":"2025-09-09T10:36:16","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T13:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777031463"},"modified":"2026-04-21T19:19:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T22:19:49","slug":"indonesian-government-suspends-social-assistance-to-beneficiaries-allegedly-tied-to-online-gambling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/indonesian-government-suspends-social-assistance-to-beneficiaries-allegedly-tied-to-online-gambling","title":{"rendered":"Indonesian government suspends social assistance to beneficiaries that use online gambling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Social Affairs Minister said that the government has suspended payments to more than 300,000 beneficiaries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Indonesia.- Social Affairs Minister Saifullah Yusuf has reported that the Indonesian government has suspended social assistance payments to more than 300,000 beneficiaries<\/strong> suspected to use online gambling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The decision follows an investigation by the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK)<\/strong>, which reviewed 12 million beneficiaries of the ministry\u2019s aid programmes. The investigation found around 2 million recipients as ineligible, including 600,000 due to online gambling. Those affected can reapply for aid, subject to a verification process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saifullah, known as Gus Ipul, said: \u201cMore than 300,000 beneficiaries can no longer receive assistance. If it is proven they were engaged in online gambling, their benefits will be terminated immediately. It is possible some were exploited by others. That is why re-verification is necessary. Going forward, we will channel assistance to those entitled, with the same amounts, so the program is accurately targeted.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

\n\t\t\tSee also:<\/span><\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> Pakistan extends remand of YouTuber Ducky Bhai in gambling app case<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Social Affairs Minister said that the government has suspended payments to more than 300,000 beneficiaries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":218,"featured_media":777028668,"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 government, through the Social Affairs Ministry, has suspended social assistance payments to over 300,000 beneficiaries suspected of involvement in online gambling. This action follows an investigation by the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK), which identified approximately 600,000 recipients linked to online gambling activities, prompting a re-verification process for affected individuals.","focusai_entities":"Saifullah Yusuf, Gus Ipul, Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK), Indonesian government","focusai_location":"Indonesia","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.8), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.9), investor_analyst (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Regulatory Enforcement Impact?","query":"What are the broader implications of Indonesia's inter-agency collaboration (PPATK, Social Affairs Ministry) for future regulatory enforcement strategies against illegal online gambling in Southeast Asia?"},{"label":"AML\/CFT Frameworks?","query":"How might this action influence the development or tightening of AML\/CFT frameworks and transaction monitoring requirements for financial institutions operating in jurisdictions with prevalent illegal online gambling?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16334],"tags":[24819],"class_list":["post-777031463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-asia-news","tag-indonesia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777031463","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\/218"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777031463"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777031463\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777031483,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777031463\/revisions\/777031483"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777028668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777031463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777031463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777031463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}