Police raid Batam online gambling centre earning $717k per month
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Batam, Rempang and Galang Police chief Anggoro Wicaksono speaking at a press conference in Batam on May 25.
PHOTO: BARELANG CITY POLICE
The Batam, Rempang and Galang (Barelang) Police have dismantled an Indonesian online gambling centre with a monthly turnover of around 10 billion rupiah (S$717,000) based out of a luxury housing complex in Batam, the Riau Islands, part of a multinational network that included a Cambodian branch and a main company based in the Philippines.
At around 2.45pm local time on May 21, officers from Criminal Investigation Unit 1 of the Barelang Police raided the branch centre at Taman Golf Residence in Sukajadi subdistrict, Batam City district, and detained three suspects: HR, identified as the head of the Indonesian operation, and finance staff HL and ET.
