Police Investigate Sponsors and Facility Providers for International Online Gambling Syndicate in Hayam Wuruk

The Indonesian National Police (Polri) have announced several follow-up measures after uncovering the involvement of 320 foreign nationals (WNA) and one Indonesian citizen (WNI) in an international online gambling (judol) network at Hayam Wuruk Plaza Tower in Jakarta.

“We will coordinate with relevant agencies to conduct tracing, including the flow of funds and their sponsors,” said Director of General Criminal Offences at the Polri Criminal Investigation Agency, Brigadier General of Police Wira Satya Triputra, in Jakarta on Sunday.

Wira explained that the tracing of funds includes identifying who rented Hayam Wuruk Plaza Tower to serve as the sponsor or provider of facilities and infrastructure for the 321 individuals. Additionally, he stated that police will analyse computers related to the Hayam Wuruk judol case.

“We are also still conducting analysis on computers and other devices,” he said.

Meanwhile, he hopes that the uncovering of this case can prevent Indonesia from becoming a haven for international judol syndicates.

“With this uncovering, it is hoped that Indonesia will not become a place for online gambling dens. This is our commitment,” he said.

Previously, on Saturday, 9 May, Polri arrested 321 people related to online gambling offences (judol) in an international network.

Then, on Sunday, Polri announced that the 320 individuals involved in online gambling were foreign nationals (WNA), and their detention was handed over to the Directorate General of Immigration at the Ministry of Immigration and Corrections (Kemenimipas).

The 320 detained WNA consist of 228 Vietnamese nationals, 57 Chinese, 13 Myanmar, 11 Laotian, 5 Thai, 3 Malaysian, and 3 Cambodian. Meanwhile, the other individual is an Indonesian citizen and is being further processed at Polri’s Criminal Investigation Agency (Bareskrim Polri).