Politics · Indonesia · 14 hrs ago
Indonesia’s Communications Ministry and Police Step Up Cybercrime Cooperation
Indonesia’s communications ministry and national police agreed to deepen cooperation at a meeting in Jakarta on Tuesday.
The discussion was intended to speed up the implementation of a memorandum of understanding signed in April 2026.
The agencies are responding to complaints about online scams, gambling, data trading and other digital harms, as well as misinformation and online bullying.
Police have acted against a cross-border online gambling network and theft of digital infrastructure, which can disrupt internet service.
The partnership combines prevention with law enforcement because the ministry says it cannot tackle these problems alone.
The agencies say they will coordinate more closely to improve digital safety, but gave no specific timetable for further steps.
Indonesia’s Communications and Digital Minister Meutya Hafid and National Police Chief Suyudi Ario Seto agreed to strengthen cooperation against digital crime.
They met at police headquarters in Jakarta on October 27, 2026, to advance an agreement between their institutions.
The issues include online scams, gambling, data trading, pornography, cyberbullying, misinformation and false news.
The cooperation is intended to combine prevention with law enforcement and address crimes affecting digital infrastructure.
From October 20, 2024, to September 11, 2026, the ministry handled 5.15 million items of negative content, including 4.03 million gambling-related items.
- Who
- Communications and Digital Minister Meutya Hafid and National Police Chief Suyudi Ario Seto.
- What
- They agreed to strengthen cooperation to prevent and address digital crime.
- When
- October 27, 2026.
- Where
- Police headquarters in Jakarta, Indonesia.
- Why
- To improve digital safety and respond to reported online crimes and threats to digital infrastructure.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
The two institutions agreed to a memorandum of understanding.
Meutya Hafid met Suyudi Ario Seto at police headquarters in Jakarta to discuss implementing the agreement.
The communications ministry handled 5.15 million items of negative content, including 4.03 million related to gambling.
- Meeting date
- October 27, 2026
- Meeting place
- Police headquarters, Jakarta
- MoU agreed
- April 2026
- Negative content handled
- 5.15 million items, October 20, 2024–September 11, 2026
- Gambling content handled
- 4.03 million items, October 20, 2024–September 11, 2026
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What people are saying
We are here today to accelerate the implementation of the MoU, including how to make the digital space safer for everyone.
Collaboration with the Police is very important within a framework combining preventive measures and enforcement measures.
Hopefully, our collaboration, with the strengthening of the MoU we signed last April, can increasingly realize what the public expects: national digital security in Indonesia.