The agency head reportedly revealed the name of the individual, albeit only divulging information of the person’s initial as “T,” who is believed to control online gambling activities in Indonesia.
“We will summon the BP2MI chief as a witness on Monday (July 29),” Brigadier General Djuhandani Rahardjo Puro, Director for General Crime Investigation of the Police’s Criminal Investigation Agency, noted in his remarks received on Saturday.
Puro remarked that the decision to summon Rhamdani reflected the police’s swift response in addressing the surge in the number of online gambling issues in the country.
Moreover, the brigadier general confirmed that his unit is probing “T”, whose initial was revealed by the agency chief.
While inaugurating the Indonesian migrant workers’ volunteer community for North Sumatra on Tuesday (July 23), the BP2MI head disclosed that a person with the initial “T” is the mastermind behind online gambling in Indonesia and online scamming and operates from Cambodia.
“I revealed his name to President (Joko Widodo) at that time. Mahfud MD, the then coordinating minister, also knew this,” Rhamdani stated.
He said the president and police chief, General Listyo Sigit Prabowo, were startled by the name he revealed during a closed-door meeting with cabinet ministers and the military top brass.
“The said person is beyond the reach of our law, perhaps even since this country was founded,” he claimed.
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