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ASEAN has agreed to promote safe artificial intelligence systems with the United States and to eradicate online crimes with China, which has become a prominent issue in Southeast Asian countries, including Indonesia.
Thousands of people across Southeast Asia have in recent years found themselves lured into the massive web of cyber scam operations, masked behind promises of well-paid jobs in countries like Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar.
While gambling is illegal in the world's most populous Muslim-majority nation -- with sentences of up to six years in prison -- government figures show around 3.7 million Indonesians engaged in it last year, placing more than $20 billion in bets.
In its latest bid to clamp down nationwide on the scourge of online gambling, the government plans to put a daily cap on mobile phone credit transfers and block access to free VPN services that it says are enabling the illicit practice.
The government has vowed to crack down on online gambling in recent months and has banned access to several such websites. Though illegal, government data showed 3 million Indonesians went online to gamble last year, spending an estimated $20 billion, or about 1.5 percent of gross domestic product.
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, National Police chief Gen. Listyo Sigit Prabowo and other top officials claim not to be aware of a person identified only as T, who is suspected of being the mastermind behind online gambling operations in the country.
