Police Arrest 321 Foreign Nationals Linked to Online Gambling Syndicate in Hayam Wuruk

Police have secured 321 foreign nationals affiliated with a criminal network or syndicate involved in online gambling during a raid on an office building in the Hayam Wuruk area, West Jakarta, on Thursday (7/5). The raid was conducted by a joint team from the Directorate of General Criminal Acts (Dittipidum) and the NCB Interpol of the Indonesian National Police, based on a report from the public. “From the perpetrators we successfully secured, the number reaches 321 people,” said the Head of Dittipidum of the National Police Criminal Investigation Agency, Brigadier General Wira Satya Triputra, during a press conference at the location on Sunday (9/5). Wira stated that the 321 perpetrators come from several countries, dominated by Southeast Asian nationals. The details are 57 Chinese nationals, 228 Vietnamese nationals, 11 Laotian nationals. Then, 13 Myanmar nationals, 3 Malaysian nationals, 5 Thai nationals, and 3 Cambodian nationals. “We arrested the perpetrators red-handed, meaning the perpetrators were carrying out operational activities or online gambling activities,” said Wira. He added that in the arrest process, they secured several pieces of evidence. Some of them include safes, passports, mobile phones, laptops, desktop computers, and cash in various currencies. According to Wira, investigators found 75 servers or online gambling websites controlled by the perpetrators. The perpetrators are charged under Article 426 and/or Article 607 in conjunction with Article 20 and/or Article 21 of Law Number 1 of 2023 on the Criminal Code and Law Number 1 of 2026 on Criminal Adjustment. “Currently, the investigative team from the Directorate of General Criminal Acts of the National Police Criminal Investigation Agency has conducted intensive examinations of the perpetrators or those we have secured,” he said.