2024-08-07 19:11:44
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Minister of Communication and Information Budi Arie Setiadi stated that he will limit the maximum credit transfer to Rp 1 million per day. Photo illustration: Ricardo/JPNN.com
jpnn.comCENTRAL JAKARTA – The government through the Ministry of Communication and Information (Kemenkominfo) continues to make a number of efforts to eradicate online gambling activities in Indonesia.
Currently, the Ministry of Communication and Information will set a maximum credit transfer limit of IDR 1 million per day for users of services from cellular operators.
This was stated directly by the Minister of Communication and Information (Menkominfo) Budi Arie Setiadi at his office, Central Jakarta, Thursday (1/8).
“So, we made a rule for opsel (cellular operators) to transfer a maximum of Rp 1 million per day. We conducted a serious evaluation to limit public access to online gambling features in the media space,” said Budi.
He said he had communicated with the top leaders in cellular operator companies regarding the provision that the maximum credit transfer limit could only be IDR 1 million per day.
The decision to limit credit transfers, he said, is a strategy of the Ministry of Communication and Information and telecommunications industry players to eradicate online gambling which currently also uses credit as a transaction medium.
In the investigation by the Ministry of Communication and Information, it was found that there were online gambling practices that used credit as a transaction medium with a daily turnover of money that could occur using credit in the range of IDR 100 million to IDR 1 billion.
Budi said that nationally, it is estimated that Rp. 500 billion in credit has been used for online gambling transactions.
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