{"id":18003,"date":"2021-05-18T16:43:14","date_gmt":"2021-05-18T16:43:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=18003"},"modified":"2026-04-23T19:26:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T22:26:59","slug":"malaysia-3-arrested-in-raid-on-suspected-gambling-operation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/malaysia-3-arrested-in-raid-on-suspected-gambling-operation","title":{"rendered":"Malaysia: 3 arrested in raid on suspected gambling operation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Police made three arrests in a raid on an alleged illegal gambling operation in Cheras, Kuala Lumpur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Malaysia.- Police in Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, have carried out a raid on a suspected illegal gambling operation that led to the\u00a0<strong>arrest of three men<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to officers, o<strong>ne of the men arrested was believed to be the counter attendant<\/strong>\u00a0while the others are believed to be customers.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police stated the\u00a0<strong>illegal gambling centre was operating for at least a month<\/strong>, allowing entry only to regulars. Those <strong>arrested are aged between 46 and 58 years old<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In April, police made eighteen arrests in another city of Kuala Lumpur, Taman Orkid Desa, where they found an\u00a0<strong>alleged online gambling syndicate<\/strong>\u00a0that was running an\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/malaysia-18-arrested-over-illegal-online-gambling-operation\">illegal gambling call centre<\/a>\u00a0from a house.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police made three arrests in a raid on an alleged illegal gambling operation in Cheras, 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 conducted a raid on an alleged illegal gambling operation in Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, resulting in three arrests. This incident follows a previous enforcement action in April against an online gambling syndicate operating a call centre in Taman Orkid Desa, highlighting ongoing efforts to combat illicit gaming activities.","focusai_entities":"Police","focusai_location":"Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Taman Orkid Desa","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.85), regulator (0.95), compliance_legal (0.88), operator_casino (0.8), investor_analyst (0.82), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on Regulated GGR?","query":"What is the estimated GGR impact of such illegal operations on the potential regulated market in Malaysia, and how does this influence future licensing considerations?"},{"label":"Regulatory Framework Efficacy?","query":"How do these enforcement actions reflect the efficacy of current regulatory compliance and governance frameworks in Malaysia for combating both land-based and online illegal gambling verticals?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[229,23911],"class_list":["post-18003","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\/18003","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=18003"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18003\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18032,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18003\/revisions\/18032"}],"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=18003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}