Jakarta, July 12 -- Coordinating Minister for Community Empowerment, Abdul Muhaimin Iskandar, has said that his ministry is continuing to track social assistance recipients suspected of misusing the aid for online gambling.

He emphasized that any social aid beneficiary caught gambling online will face strict sanctions.

"The sanctions could include a reduction or even termination of their assistance," Iskandar warned here on Saturday.

Earlier on Tuesday, he had hinted at the possibility of cutting off social aid for recipients involved in online gambling.

The Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK) recently identified 571,410 national identification numbers (NIKs) belonging to social aid recipients who had engaged in ...