President Jokowi Gave Thumbs up for Polri in Eradicating Online Football Gambling

SEAToday.com, Gresik- President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) asked the Polri (National Police) to eradicate online gambling, one of which is in football. The President also appreciated the Polri's performance in eradicating online gambling in football so far.
"Yesterday, when there was an arrest by the Polri for something related to football and online gambling, I thought this was very good, don't stop here, continue," he said.
President Jokowi said this in his statement in front of media crews after inaugurating the PT Smelting Expansion in the PT Smelting Area, Gresik Regency, East Java Province, Thursday, December 14 2023.
Previously, Anti-Football Mafia Task Force investigators arrested four suspects providing the SBOTOP soccer gambling site via the sites www.bolehplay.com and www.sepaktop.com. The four suspects are S, DR, L, and TRR.
The Anti-Football Mafia Task Force has also collaborated with the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK) to trace the flow of money from online gambling proceeds.
The reason is, it is suspected that there was financing to one of the local clubs from the gambling proceeds.
President Jokowi said that the government has emphasized eradicating soccer gambling in Indonesia. The President emphasized that football must be free from the practices of the football mafia.
"So that football is truly clean, the game is fair, that is what will transform football in Indonesia," said Jokowi.
The Head of State emphasized that the transformation of Indonesian football will move forward even better when the act of match fixing and playing in matches is eliminated.
"There is no match fixing, there are no money games in matches, that is what will drive the transformation of Indonesian football. If this is not eradicated, don't expect our football to rise in level even though it is starting to get better now," he said.
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