Police call on media to help fight gambling<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): A senior police officer urged local media to
\nassist the police in efforts to abolish the mushrooming number of
\ngambling dens in the capital instead of assisting the operators
\nin spreading the social disease.<\/p>\n
\"We totally disagree with certain advertisements in the media
\nwhich publish the results of judi buntut,\" Jakarta Police
\nspokesman Lt. Col. Zainuri Lubis said on Wednesday, referring to
\na game which has become a favorite among the city's gamblers.<\/p>\n
The publication of such ads helps boost the operation of the
\nillegal business because it attracts more gamblers, Lubis told
\nThe Jakarta Post.<\/p>\n
\"Besides, it makes it easy for gamblers to learn the latest
\nresults of the game,\" he added.<\/p>\n
The police have not yet decided whether the published
\nadvertisements can be classified as a criminal case, Lubis said.<\/p>\n
\"We welcome legal experts to give their opinions whether such
\nadvertisements in the press can be categorized as criminal
\nactions,\" he added.<\/p>\n
Lubis said he contacted Sinar Pagi daily concerning the
\nmatter, but he could do nothing because of uncertainty over the
\nlegal aspects of the matter.<\/p>\n
The daily, controlled by businessman Nirwan Bakrie, brother of
\nAburizal Bakrie, chairman of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce
\nand Industry, reportedly has run a number of advertisements
\npublishing the results of various judi buntut games since Jan. 10
\nthis year.<\/p>\n
The advertisements give the latest results of the games, their
\nrespective operators and a short message from the operators.<\/p>\n
Operators' names usually obscure the true nature of the ads.
\nSome of the operators use names such as Zodiak Club, Klub
\nFortuna, Ahli Nujum, Sempurna, To-Kam and Hoki.<\/p>\n
When asked to comment on the publication of the ads, Roji, an
\nemployee in the advertising department at Sinar Pagi, told the
\nPost all advertisers of such ads refused to reveal their
\nidentities.<\/p>\n
\"We just accept their orders,\" he said without further
\nexplanation.<\/p>\n
\"Some advertisers run such ads three days a week, while others
\nput the ads in two days a week,\" he said, adding that each ad
\ncost Rp 200,000.<\/p>\n
A number of judi buntut operators are located on the first and
\nsecond floors of the Senen Inpres market in Central Jakarta.<\/p>\n
On Wednesday, for example, Sempurna's office, located in the
\nBintang Kejora coffee shop on the top floor of the market, was
\npacked with people.<\/p>\n
Lubis said police recently arrested six gambling operators in
\nWest and Central Jakarta.<\/p>\n
\"As soon as we arrive at the gambling sites, the sites are
\nclosed.\"<\/p>\n
Lubis said that Jakarta Police chief Maj. Gen. Noegroho
\nDjajusman had ordered police precinct chiefs across Jakarta to
\ncrack down on gambling operations. (01)<\/p>",
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