JAKARTA, Literasihukum.com – The Koin Jagat game controversy continues to garner public attention, inviting pros and cons regarding the impact it has. Some parties are calling for the game to be stopped because it is considered to damage public facilities and has the potential to trigger social conflict.

Public policy expert at Trisakti University Jakarta, Trubus Rahardiansah, revealed on Wednesday (1/15/2025), that the application should be banned. According to him, this game encourages people to compete to find coins, which often leads to disturbing behavior.

“Our concern is that people will become addicted. Before this game becomes more widespread, it should be stopped. How can people enter private or public spaces without permission to look for coins? This has the potential to cause conflict,” he said.

Damage to Public Facilities Due to Coin Hunting

In various locations, Koin Jagat hunting has caused a number of facility damages. In the Gelora Bung Karno (GBK) area, Jakarta, the management even sent a letter to the application developer to remove coins, both virtual and physical, from the GBK area.

Several points that are often hunting locations in GBK, such as the Orchid Garden, East Parking Area, and urban forest area, have been damaged. For example, paving that is pried, gardens that are trampled on, to lamp posts that are climbed, damaging infrastructure.

“They even climbed the lamp posts, causing two lamp covers to fall. This endangers the safety of other visitors and infrastructure,” said General Director of the GBK Complex Management Center, Hadi Sulistia.

Although the material losses are not too large, GBK immediately took preventive measures by involving a security team to monitor coin hunting activities in the area.

Government and Community Participation

The DKI Jakarta government has also deployed the Public Order Police Unit (Satpol PP) to oversee this activity. Satpol PP appealed to the public to use public spaces wisely.

However, Trubus believes that supervision by officers alone is not enough. He emphasized the importance of community participation in maintaining public facilities and increasing public awareness not to participate in detrimental activities.

“The community must take an active role in supervision and have the awareness not to get involved,” he said.

According to Frida Kusumastuti, a communication lecturer as well as a digital literacy activist at the University of Muhammadiyah Malang, this game is part of a digital cultural trend that appears and disappears quickly. However, if the application is proven to cause damage to public facilities, warnings to closure can be a relevant step.

“This phenomenon occurs because of the large number of user accesses that affect the algorithm. When the trend fades, its popularity will decrease,” explained Frida.