JAKARTA, Jan 21 (Reuters) - Indonesia's antitrust agency

on Tuesday ordered Google to pay fines of around 202 billion

rupiah ($12.4 million) for unfair business practices related to

its payment system services for Google Play Store, its software

distribution platform.

The agency launched an investigation into Alphabet Inc's ( GOOG )

Google in 2022 on suspicion it had abused its dominant

position by requiring Indonesian app developers to use Google

Play Billing, at higher rates than other payment systems, or

face removal from the Google Play Store.

The panel said in a hearing that the systems reduced

developers' earnings as they led to the reduction of users,

adding that Google had been found breaking Indonesia's law

against monopoly.

The agency found that Google had charged a fee of up to 30%

via Google Play Billing, the panel said.

Google controlled a 93% market share in the country of 280

million people which has a fast-growing digital economy, the

agency said.

A Google spokesperson said on Wednesday the company would

appeal the ruling.

"Our current practices foster a healthy, competitive

Indonesian app ecosystem," the spokesperson said, adding it was

committed to complying with Indonesian law.

Google has previously said it had introduced a system where

developers could offer users an alternative billing option.

Google has been fined more than 8 billion euros ($8.3

billion) by the European Union in the last decade for

anti-competitive practices related to its price comparison

service, Android mobile operating system and advertising

service.