Kemkomdigi and POLRI Collaborate to Accelerate Action Against Digital Crimes
Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Ministry of Communication and Digital (Kemkomdigi) and the Indonesian National Police (POLRI) are strengthening collaboration between the two institutions, particularly to accelerate action against digital crimes.
“This will certainly strengthen our work at Kemkomdigi, supported by POLRI, especially in addressing crimes in the digital realm that are of great concern to the public,” said Minister of Communication and Digital (Menkomdigi) Meutya Hafid at the Ministry of Komdigi office on Monday.
Meutya stated that in recent years, crimes in the digital space, particularly those related to the economy, have taken a significant portion, including digital fraud, sexually based extortion (sextortion), and online gambling.
According to her, numerous reports have been received by Kemkomdigi, but when followed up, they require lengthy processes such as correspondence between government institutions, which take considerable time.
“The picture is that we agree on the acceleration of time in handling digital crimes, especially economic crimes, which is very important and urgent to expedite,” said Meutya.
Police Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo complemented the Minister’s statement on the collaboration, stating that in the future, a special team will be prepared to handle criminal incidents in the digital space.
It is hoped that with the formation of this team, steps to address criminal acts in Indonesia’s digital space can be more optimal and avoid larger victims.
“To avoid larger victims, we certainly need a joint task force and mutual agreement so that the steps can be more optimal,” said Police Chief Listyo Sigit.
Educational steps are expected to help the public more easily recognise access points when needing emergency security assistance.
“For 110, it is already quite widespread; if I’m not mistaken, all regional police (Polda) have implemented it, but the public may not yet be widely using the service. This was discussed, including from the Police Chief’s side, regarding education to introduce this service,” said Meutya.