DENPASAR: An Indonesian court sentenced dozens of Indian nationals to prison on Wednesday for their involvement in an online gambling operation on the resort island of Bali.
Gambling is illegal in the Muslim-majority archipelago, with punishments extended to bookmakers, punters, those who promote gambling content online and gamblers themselves.
Police arrested 39 Indian nationals in February at two villas in separate locations on Bali and charged 35 of them.
The group entered Indonesia on tourist visas and had been promoting and managing transactions for an online gambling site since late last year, according to the police.
Presiding judge Putu Gde Novyartha found the men guilty in a Wednesday hearing, sentencing most of them to two years behind bars. Two were sentenced to two and a half years.
