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        "id": 1730805,
        "msgid": "mp-no-more-online-gambling-networks-allowed-to-operate-in-indonesia-1778478776",
        "date": "2026-05-11 12:30:04",
        "title": "MP: No More Online Gambling Networks Allowed to Operate in Indonesia",
        "author": "Bilal Ramadhan",
        "source": "KOMPAS",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Legal",
        "summary": "A member of Indonesia's House of Representatives Commission III, Abdullah, has insisted that no online gambling networks, whether international or national, should operate in the country following a major police bust that apprehended hundreds of foreign nationals in West Jakarta. He urged authorities to dismantle all remaining networks and enhance their digital capabilities to combat sophisticated cybercrimes, emphasising the severe social impacts such as family breakdowns and threats to the youth. The raid resulted in the detention of 320 foreigners from various countries, with one Indonesian national also involved and under further investigation.",
        "content": "<p>JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - A member of the House of Representatives\nCommission III, Abdullah, has emphasised that no online gambling (judol)\nnetworks should operate in Indonesia, whether on an international or\nnational scale.<\/p>\n<p>The statement was made by Abdullah following the exposure of an\ninternational judol case by the National Police Criminal Investigation\nAgency, which arrested hundreds of foreign nationals (WNA) in West\nJakarta.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo more online gambling networks, whether international or national,\nshould operate in Indonesia,\u201d Abdullah told Kompas.com on Monday\n(11\/5\/2026).<\/p>\n<p>However, he encouraged continued law enforcement efforts to dismantle\nother judol networks in the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDismantle the other judol networks. All judol networks must be\narrested and processed according to applicable law,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnline gambling crimes are currently carried out with increasingly\nadvanced technological support. Therefore, law enforcement apparatus\nmust continue to enhance their capacity, digital capabilities, and\ntechnological mastery to stay one step ahead of the perpetrators,\u201d he\nstated.<\/p>\n<p>The PKB politician reiterated that the state must not lose to digital\ncriminals, as judol has caused significant social impacts in\nsociety.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe state must not lose to digital criminals. Online gambling has\ndestroyed many families, caused social problems, and threatened the\nfuture of the younger generation. Therefore, its eradication must be a\ncollective priority,\u201d Abdullah concluded.<\/p>\n<p>A day after the arrests, the police revealed that the 320 individuals\nsecured were foreign nationals, and their detention was handed over to\nthe Directorate General of Immigration of the Ministry of Immigration\nand Corrections.<\/p>\n<p>The hundreds of foreign nationals consisted of 228 Vietnamese, 57\nChinese, 13 Myanmar nationals, 11 Laotians, five Thais, three\nMalaysians, and three Cambodians.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, one other person is an Indonesian citizen (WNI) and is now\nbeing further processed by the National Police Criminal Investigation\nAgency. The Indonesian national is known to have been involved in an\ninternational judol network in Cambodia.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/mp-no-more-online-gambling-networks-allowed-to-operate-in-indonesia-1778478776",
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