{"id":14488,"date":"2021-02-10T13:27:24","date_gmt":"2021-02-10T13:27:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=14488"},"modified":"2026-04-23T21:56:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T00:56:31","slug":"officals-linked-to-illegal-gambling-dens-in-thailand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/officals-linked-to-illegal-gambling-dens-in-thailand","title":{"rendered":"Officals linked to illegal gambling dens in Thailand"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Public employees allegedly allowed <strong><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/thailand-women-gambling\" target=\"_blank\">illegal gambling activities<\/a><\/em><\/strong> to remain in operation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Thailand.- A special panel has linked <strong>ten police officers and Provincial Government administrative officials to two gambling dens in the coastal city of Rayong.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Headed by former permanent secretary of justice Chanchao Chaiyanukit, the panel<strong> found that the ten public employees had colluded to allow illegal gambling to remain in operation.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chanchao said <strong>anti-money laundering laws will be used to prosecute the officials<\/strong>, who have not been named.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The panel will present its findings to the <strong>Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha by February 12.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Back in April last year, authorities found that <strong>hundreds of people were breaking lockdown measures in the country to drink and gamble.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An investigation found <strong>87 gatherings,<\/strong> while <strong>568 people left their houses during curfew hours.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, an <strong><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/thailand-illegal-gambling-operation-raided\" target=\"_blank\">illegal gambling\u00a0operation<\/a><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0conducted from <strong>shipping containers in the Pong Nam Ron district<\/strong> was raided by authorities last week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Public employees allegedly allowed illegal gambling activities to remain in operation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14503,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"A special panel in Thailand has linked ten public employees, including police and administrative officials, to collusion in allowing illegal gambling dens to operate in Rayong. The investigation, led by Chanchao Chaiyanukit, plans to utilize anti-money laundering laws for prosecution, with findings to be presented to Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha by February 12. This development underscores significant governance challenges within the jurisdiction.","focusai_entities":"Chanchao Chaiyanukit, Prayut Chan-o-cha","focusai_location":"Thailand, Rayong, Pong Nam Ron","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (0.9), payments_fraud_aml (0.9), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"AML Enforcement Impact","query":"What are the broader implications for Thailand's regulatory landscape and potential iGaming market liberalization, given the explicit application of anti-money laundering laws against public officials facilitating illegal gambling?"},{"label":"Governance Framework Review","query":"How might these allegations of official complicity in illegal gambling operations influence the development and enforcement of future gaming governance frameworks and B2B\/B2C licensing structures in Thailand?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[229,512],"class_list":["post-14488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-gambling","tag-gaming"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14488"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14488\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14525,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14488\/revisions\/14525"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}