Jakarta, July 18 -- Indonesia's National Police (Polri) have uncovered an international online gambling network operating through websites hosted on servers in Cambodia and China.

The operation was discovered by the Directorate of General Crimes at the National Police's Criminal Investigation Agency (Bareskrim), which arrested 22 suspects in coordinated raids across Bogor, Bekasi, Tangerang, and Denpasar on June 13.

"The 22 suspects arrested include operators, server managers, and financial administrators," said Brigadier General Djuhandhani Rahardjo Puro, director of general crimes at Bareskrim, during a press briefing on Friday.

The suspects used Indonesian SIM card numbers to create WhatsApp accounts, through which they promoted gam...