{"id":17374,"date":"2021-04-29T14:32:31","date_gmt":"2021-04-29T14:32:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=17374"},"modified":"2026-04-23T19:58:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T22:58:27","slug":"malaysia-18-arrested-over-illegal-online-gambling-operation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/malaysia-18-arrested-over-illegal-online-gambling-operation","title":{"rendered":"Malaysia: 18 arrested over illegal online gambling operation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Police have made eighteen arrests in a raid on an alleged illegal gambling operation in Taman Orkid Desa, Kuala Lumpur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Malaysia.- Police in Taman Orkid Desa, Kuala Lumpur, have raided an\u00a0<strong>alleged online gambling syndicate<\/strong>\u00a0that was running a call centre from a house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police arrested 18 people, including <strong>10 Chinese nationals<\/strong>, all of them aged between 18 and 39.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to local media,<strong>\u00a0police said the call centre had been operating for at least three months<\/strong>\u00a0promoting illegal online gambling and made daily profits up to RM100,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kuala Lumpur CID chief Senior Asst Comm Saiful Annuar Yusoff stated&nbsp;<strong>police seized 27 laptops, 109 mobile phones<\/strong>, and RM54,000 cash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police said that\u00a0<strong>each worker was paid between RM5,000 and RM7,000 monthly<\/strong>\u00a0while the caretaker earned RM15,000 a month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A similar raid was carried out in Jalan Tun Razak<\/strong>&nbsp;a few weeks ago when police made eleven arrests on an&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/malaysia-11-arrested-over-illegal-online-gambling\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">illegal gambling operation<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although lottery, casino games and horse racing are legal in Malaysia,\u00a0<strong>online gambling is not permitted.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police have made eighteen arrests in a raid on an alleged illegal gambling operation in Taman Orkid Desa, Kuala Lumpur.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":12682,"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 have conducted a significant raid on an illegal online gambling syndicate operating a call centre in Kuala Lumpur, resulting in eighteen arrests and the seizure of substantial assets. This enforcement action underscores Malaysia's stringent stance against unauthorized online gaming, despite the legality of certain land-based gambling verticals. The operation generated daily profits of up to RM100,000, highlighting the scale of illicit market activity.","focusai_entities":"Kuala Lumpur CID, Saiful Annuar Yusoff","focusai_location":"Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Taman Orkid Desa, Jalan Tun Razak","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.8), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.8), payments_fraud_aml (0.9), investor_analyst (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on Regulated Markets?","query":"What are the broader implications of such significant illegal gambling enforcement actions in Malaysia for the development and integrity of regulated iGaming markets in Southeast Asia?"},{"label":"AML & Payment Risks?","query":"Given the substantial daily profits and cash seizures, what enhanced AML and payment fraud prevention measures are being considered by legitimate financial institutions to mitigate risks associated with illicit gambling proceeds?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[229,23911],"class_list":["post-17374","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\/17374","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=17374"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17374\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17386,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17374\/revisions\/17386"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}