Police Reveal Majority of Victims from Hayam Wuruk Online Gambling Hub are Foreign Nationals

JAKARTA - Bareskrim Polri has revealed that the majority of victims targeted by hundreds of foreign nationals from an online gambling headquarters in the Hayam Wuruk area, West Jakarta, originate from abroad.

“For the victims so far, based on our tracing and analysis, the victims are mostly foreign nationals,” said Director of General Criminal Affairs at Bareskrim Polri, Brigadier General Wira Satya Triputra, during a press conference at the raid location in the Hayam Wuruk area, West Jakarta, on Saturday (9/5/2026).

Wira revealed that investigators arrested 321 foreign nationals in the bust of this international online gambling case.

The foreign nationals had various roles in operating the online gambling sites.

From the in-depth investigation, according to Wira, the customer service section was tasked with finding victims from outside Indonesia.

“Because the telemarketing section, the blasting section from that website, and then the customer service section that seeks new customers, the victims are mostly from abroad,” he said.

Previously reported, Bareskrim Polri arrested 321 foreign nationals suspected of running 75 online gambling sites from an office on Hayam Wuruk Street, Jakarta, on Thursday (7/5/2026).

Of them, 57 were from China, 228 from Vietnam, 11 from Laos, 13 from Myanmar, 3 from Malaysia, 5 from Thailand, and 3 from Cambodia.

In the raid, investigators seized various pieces of evidence, including safes, passports, mobile phones, laptops, personal computers, and cash in several foreign currencies.

Of the 321 foreign nationals, 275 have been designated as suspects.

These suspects face charges under Article 426 and/or Article 607 in conjunction with Article 20 and/or Article 21 of Law No. 1 of 2023 on the Criminal Code and/or Law No. 1 of 2026 on Penal Adjustment.