Indonesia cuts access to online gambling sites from Cambodia and the Philippines as crime surges


JAKARTA (Bloomberg): Indonesia will cut off access points to websites operating out of Cambodia and Davao City in the Philippines that are suspected of being linked to online gambling.

The Ministry of Communications instructed Indonesia’s telecommunications service providers to shut down lines that could access gambling sites from the two countries, according to a letter published on Monday. Access will be cut off indefinitely.

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