Indonesia’s Ministry of Social Affairs has temporarily suspended welfare assistance for 1,494,652 beneficiary households after data matching identified suspected online gambling transactions linked to their accounts. Authorities identified nearly 600,000 welfare recipient households linked to suspected online gambling activity in earlier data reviews. Therefore, we are investigating the matter further while simultaneously updating the beneficiary data,” Yusuf remarked. Authorities Expand Action Against Online GamblingThe suspension comes as Indonesia continues efforts to restrict illegal online gambling activity. The agency reported that online gambling turnover reached IDR86.82 trillion ($5.3 billion) across 467.32 million transactions during the first half of the year.