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View all search resultsMinistry stops providing ‘bansos’ to some 200,000 recipients who gamble online
The Social Affairs Ministry is examining another 300,000 accounts suspected of involvement in online gambling.
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Social aid recipients receive a sack of rice from the government's food reserves distribution program on Oct. 29, 2024, at the Dumai Post Office in Riau. The post office disbursed 10 kilograms of rice to nearly 15,000 families registered as social aid recipients in Dumai in August, October and December 2024. (Antara/Aswaddy Hamid )
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ocial Affairs Minister Saifullah “Gus Ipul” Yusuf said his ministry had halted the disbursement of social assistance (bansos) to more than 200,000 recipients who were involved in online gambling.
The ministry had asked the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK) to check some 600,000 accounts suspected of being involved in online gambling before terminating the assistance.
“From more than 600,000 accounts, we have terminated the social assistance for more than 200,000 accounts,” Gus Ipul said on Tuesday, as quoted by Kompas.tv.
“The remaining 300,000 accounts are still being examined. If they are proven [to also be involved in online gambling], then they will also stop receiving bansos.”
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He said that the bansos allocated for those involved in online gambling would be allocated to other recipients.
“It will be redirected. It will not be abolished but redirected to other recipients who deserve it,” he said.
