PORTALJABAR, BANDUNG CITY - West Java Governor Dedi Mulyadi expressed his deep concern over the rampant juvenile delinquency which is now considered no longer just ordinary naughty behavior, but rather part of a massively structured and organized system.

KDM - the governor's nickname - emphasized that the phenomenon of teenage gangsters in West Java has developed into a serious threat to national resilience.

He assessed that the negative influence on teenagers today occurs through two main channels, namely the organization of groups based on narrow fanaticism in the school environment, as well as exposure to negative content and violent tutorials through social media.

"This is no longer ordinary mischief. This has become a managed, planned, and programmed system. Many of them even know the legal loophole that minors cannot be processed criminally like adults," said KDM.

He added that the limited child development facilities in the district/city make it difficult for law enforcement officers to take firm action against the perpetrators. As a result, many children are only temporarily detained at the police station and returned to their parents without adequate development.

KDM also highlighted the practice of resolving disputes amicably, which actually makes the situation worse.

"Children who fight are only given light physical punishment such as squatting, then they go home and become gangsters again. If this continues to be allowed, we will face systemic generational damage," he said.

Furthermore, KDM encouraged concrete steps to address this problem, including through a youth discipline program in military barracks, the disbandment of youth gangster organizations, and the formation of a stronger cyber team to crack down on the spread of violent content on social media.

"The cyber team must be able to detect and shut down social media accounts, the social media system they have must be shut down so that they can no longer exist to build networks through the power of social media," he said.

According to him, this phenomenon is also related to illegal business networks that use social media as a means of expansion. Therefore, handling juvenile delinquency must be seen from the perspective of national resilience.

"This is not just a social issue, but a threat to Indonesia's future. We need to unite and resolve it comprehensively without blaming each other," KDM concluded.