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Jakarta raid on foreign nationals raises questions over gambling ring financiers
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Suspected online gambling operators (in orange) walk towards buses for transfer after a police raid at the Hayam Wuruk Plaza office building in Jakarta on May 10.
PHOTO: AFP
JAKARTA - Questions are mounting over the key figure behind the sponsorship of a Jakarta-based online gambling network, following last week’s raid that uncovered hundreds of foreigners operating across 75 domains and gambling websites from an office building in the heart of a business district in West Jakarta.
Lawmakers have urged the National Police to deepen their investigation into the network’s funding flows as investigators scramble to find the financiers behind the gambling ring.
