ASN and Banda Aceh Contract Workers Are Prohibited from Playing Online Games

GAMEFINITY.ID, Jakarta – The Banda Aceh City Government forbids state civil servants (ASN) and contract workers in the local government environment to play online games. Because these activities are considered to have resulted in a decrease in work productivity. The letter regarding the ban on playing online games was prepared by the Banda Aceh Personnel and Human Resources Development Agency (BKPSDM).

“Yes, the prohibition letter is true, which BKPSDM has prepared,” said the Regional Secretariat of Banda Aceh City, Said Fauzan, quoted from ANTARA.

In the letter numbered 800/2,628 dated December 29, 2021, it was stated that the ban on playing the game was to create living conditions and an Islamic city atmosphere, according to the mayor’s vision, namely the realization of a glorious Banda Aceh City within the framework of sharia. One way is to anticipate and limit online game play which results in a decrease in work productivity, disruption of the service process to the community and this behavior is contrary to Islamic law in terms of wasting time.

Therefore, through a letter signed by the Acting Regional Secretary (Sekda) Banda Aceh Muzakkir, the Heads of Regional Apparatus Organizations (OPD) were asked to prohibit ASN and contract workers from playing online games.

“For those who have installed online game applications, please delete them immediately,” Muzakkir said in his letter.

Muzakkir also asked the Heads of OPD to monitor its implementation, if there are ASN who violate it will be subject to punishment in accordance with Government Regulation No. 53 of 2010 concerning civil servant discipline. Meanwhile, for contract workers, the contract extension of the work agreement will be reviewed.

Previously, the Aceh Ulama Consultative Council (MPU) has also issued a sticker that is forbidden to play online gambling games which will be affixed to coffee shops (warkop) in the province. This follows up on the Fatwa of the Aceh MPU Number 3 of 2021 regarding the law that playing PUBG games and the like is haram.