Police Raid Online Gambling Headquarters in Hayam Wuruk, How Has OJK Been Combating It So Far?

Director of General Criminal Crimes (Dirtipidum) of Bareskrim Polri, Brigadier General Pol Wira Satya Triputra, explained that his team conducted a raid on an office in the Hayam Wuruk area, West Jakarta, suspected of being used as the operational headquarters for cross-border online gambling (judol). At the location, police detained 321 foreign nationals strongly suspected of being involved in the judol operations. The breakdown includes 228 Vietnamese nationals, 57 Chinese, 13 from Myanmar, 11 from Laos, 5 from Thailand, and 3 each from Malaysia and Cambodia. In addition to the operators, police found at least 75 domains and websites used as judol platforms. Upon inspection, these sites used specific character combinations to evade government blocking actions. Police also seized several pieces of evidence, such as safes, passports, mobile phones, laptops, personal computers, and cash in various foreign currencies. Since Thursday (7/5/2026), Bareskrim Polri has been conducting investigations, with strong suspicions that the network targeted is an international judol syndicate. Head of Public Relations for Polda Metro Jaya, Commissioner Pol Budi Hermanto, explained that the deployment of Brimob personnel to the site was to maximise security, given that the operation targeted a cross-border syndicate. In addition to securing the area, Brimob personnel were tasked with ensuring the investigation process to gather criminal evidence. Police are still working to deepen this case. The government is also continuously striving to eradicate judol. “In connection with the eradication of online gambling, which has a broad impact on the economy and financial sector, OJK has requested banks to block approximately 33,252 accounts,” said OJK’s Executive Head of Banking Supervision, Dian Ediana Rae, on Tuesday (5/5/2026). In the previous month, OJK had also blocked 32,556 accounts suspected of being linked to judol.