The authorities announced in Indonesia 321 foreigners were arrested, most of them from Vietnamagainst the backdrop of their suspicion of involvement in managing prohibited online gambling activities, as part of a broad security campaign targeting electronic gambling networks and organized crime.
The Indonesian police said that the detainees were arrested inside an administrative building in the capital, Jakarta, where they were suspected of running an illegal electronic gambling operation about two months ago.
According to official data, the list of those arrested included 228 Vietnamese, 57 Chinese, 13 from Myanmar, 11 from Laos, 5 from Thailand, and 3 from Cambodia.
An official in the Criminal Investigation Unit explained that 275 of those arrested face charges related to violating gambling laws in Indonesia, which could be punished by up to nine years in prison.
Electronic gambling is prohibited in Indonesia, which has the largest Muslim majority in the world, and the authorities there are intensifying their campaigns against cross-border gambling networks.
