Lately, we often encounter jockey services offered on social media. Then the question arises, are we allowed to be a jockey? Is being a jockey an illegal act? If so, what are the sanctions? Let's review this concern.

What is a jockey?

Before getting into the substance of jockey law in Indonesia, we also need to know what a jockey is. According to the Big Indonesian Dictionary (KBBI), a jockey is a racehorse rider, or in other contexts, a jockey is someone who does an exam for someone else by disguising themselves as an actual exam participant and receiving money. Referring to the definition from KBBI, essentially a jockey is a person who carries out activities on behalf of another person to obtain a desired result in the name of another person.

In short, a jockey is someone who does someone else's work with the intention of getting results that match the person who ordered it.

In Indonesia, the development of jockeys is not only in the context of exam jockeys, horse race jockeys. There are even jockeys to fulfill the provisions. For example, we often hear about 3 in 1 jockeys when there is a policy that cars must carry a minimum of 3 people in the car.

Even in Indonesia, jockeys are also used to get jobs. Most recently, we all know that the BUMN entrance test was done by jockeys. The author is very concerned about this fact, because it means that Indonesian people are lazy to do difficult things or it can also be said that they don't want to feel the difficulty of fighting. Such things should no longer be used as a trend or made into something normal (normalizing).