Indonesian National Police hands over Rp58.1 billion from online gambling case assets to the Attorney General's Office

Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Cyber Crime Directorate (Dittipidsiber) of the Criminal Investigation Agency (Bareskrim) of the Indonesian National Police handed over assets worth Rp58.1 billion originating from online gambling (judol) cases to the Attorney General’s Office (Kejaksaan Agung) for subsequent remittance to the state.

The handover was conducted symbolically by Brigjen Pol. Himawan Bayu Aji, Director of Cyber Crime (Dirtipidsiber) of Bareskrim Polri, to Muhammad Irham Fuady, Head of the Pidum Division of Kejaksaan Negeri Jakarta, at the Bareskrim building in Jakarta, on Thursday.

Himawan explained that the handover of this money is an implementation of Supreme Court Regulation (Perma) Number 1 of 2013, particularly regarding assets sourced from money laundering (TPPU) with the original crime being online gambling.

“Today’s asset execution is a concrete follow-up to the report on analysis results (LHA) provided by the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK) to the Cyber Crime Directorate at Bareskrim Polri,” he said.

Of the 51 LHAs, he continued, Dittipidsiber has followed up with 27 police reports (LP) with a total temporary stoppage amounting to Rp255.7 billion from 5,961 accounts.

From that total, 11 LP are in the investigative stage. The total seized funds amount to Rp142 billion from 359 accounts, and the total blocked funds amount to Rp1.6 billion from 40 accounts.

The remaining 16 LP have obtained final legal status (inkrah) with total asset value handed over to the state of Rp58.1 billion from 133 accounts. The funds were handed to the Attorney General’s Office today to be deposited as state revenue.

“We recognise that online gambling crimes have harmed the national economic order. Therefore, the application of Perma Number 1 of 2013 relating to the handling of wealth in TPPU, particularly online gambling, is a law enforcement process that extends beyond punishing the perpetrators to asset forfeiture to the state,” he said.

He also commended the synergy established between the police and ministries/agencies in the effort to eradicate online gambling, which ultimately enabled the handover of this money.”