{"id":17081,"date":"2021-04-21T16:17:01","date_gmt":"2021-04-21T16:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=17081"},"modified":"2026-04-23T20:11:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T23:11:56","slug":"malaysia-11-arrested-over-illegal-online-gambling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/malaysia-11-arrested-over-illegal-online-gambling","title":{"rendered":"Malaysia: 11 arrested over illegal online gambling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Police have made eleven arrests in a raid on an illegal gambling operation in Jalan Tun Razak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Malaysia.- Police in Jalan Tun Razak, Malaysia,\u00a0<strong>have carried out a raid on an apartment that was allegedly used as a call centre<\/strong>\u00a0for\u00a0<strong>illegal online gambling operations<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to local media,\u00a0<strong>police arrested eleven individuals<\/strong>\u00a0who had allegedly been running the call centre for at least two months and making <strong>daily profits of up to MYR20,000 (US$4,858)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police seized mobile phones, laptops and<strong>\u00a0equipment used for gambling activities<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Kuala Lumpur Criminal Investigation Department reported that the syndicate was believed to be\u00a0<strong>promoting online gambling to Chinese nationals at the premises<\/strong>, which was rented for RM10,000 a month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Police recently took action against a viral video clip that was promoting an online gambling platform<\/strong>\u00a0outside of Malaysia. In March, officers made\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/malaysia-two-raids-on-illegal-gambling-in-serian\">four arrests in Serian after carrying out two raids on alleged illegal gambling operations<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police have made eleven arrests in a raid on an illegal gambling operation in Jalan Tun Razak.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":17082,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Malaysian authorities conducted a raid on an illegal online gambling call center in Jalan Tun Razak, leading to eleven arrests and the seizure of operational equipment. The syndicate, which allegedly targeted Chinese nationals and generated daily profits of up to MYR20,000, highlights ongoing regulatory enforcement challenges within the region's iGaming landscape. This action underscores the persistent efforts by law enforcement to combat illicit gambling operations.","focusai_entities":"Kuala Lumpur Criminal Investigation Department","focusai_location":"Malaysia, Jalan Tun Razak, Kuala Lumpur, Serian","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.8), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.7), affiliate_publisher (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.8), investor_analyst (0.7), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Regulatory Enforcement Efficacy","query":"What specific governance frameworks are being leveraged by Malaysian authorities to enhance the efficacy of enforcement actions against illicit iGaming operations, and what are the observed success metrics?"},{"label":"Market Integrity Impact","query":"How do persistent illegal gambling operations, such as this call center targeting Chinese nationals, impact the potential for a regulated iGaming market in Malaysia, particularly concerning GGR capture and B2C licensing prospects?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[229,23911],"class_list":["post-17081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-gambling","tag-gambling-regulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17081","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\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17081"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17081\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17102,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17081\/revisions\/17102"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}