{"id":18036,"date":"2021-05-19T14:43:17","date_gmt":"2021-05-19T14:43:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=18036"},"modified":"2026-04-23T19:26:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T22:26:28","slug":"malaysia-8-busted-in-raid-on-gambling-operation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/malaysia-8-busted-in-raid-on-gambling-operation","title":{"rendered":"Malaysia: 8 busted in raid on gambling operation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Police made eight arrests in a second raid in Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, the day after three were arrested in a separate operation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Malaysia.- Police in Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, have carried out another raid on a suspected illegal gambling operation, leading to the <strong>arrest of eight men<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to local media, the raid was carried at\u00a0<strong>a condominium in Desa Petaling<\/strong>. Police seized 10 laptops, 22 sim cards and 18 handphones during the raid. Those <strong>arrested are aged between 18 and 40<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police reported the apartment had been rented last month at RM3,000 per month and that each man working at the alleged online gambling centre was paid around RM2,000 per month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police made\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/malaysia-3-arrested-in-raid-on-suspected-gambling-operation\">another raid in Cheras<\/a>\u00a0the day before and arrested three men. According to officers,\u00a0<strong>one of the men arrested in that previous raid 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&nbsp;<strong>illegal gambling centre was operating for at least a month<\/strong>, allowing entry only to regulars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In April, police arrested 18 people, including\u00a0<strong>10 Chinese nationals<\/strong>, all of them aged between 18 and 39, in a raid on an\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/malaysia-18-arrested-over-illegal-online-gambling-operation\">alleged illegal gambling operation<\/a>\u00a0in Taman Orkid Desa, Kuala Lumpur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A raid was also carried out in Jalan Tun Razak<\/strong>\u00a0where police made eleven arrests at a suspected <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/malaysia-11-arrested-over-illegal-online-gambling\">illegal gambling operation<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police made eight arrests in a second raid in Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, the day after three were arrested in a separate operation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":18053,"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 police conducted multiple raids in Kuala Lumpur, arresting 11 individuals across two operations in Cheras for suspected illegal online gambling. These operations, which seized laptops, SIM cards, and mobile phones, highlight ongoing efforts to combat illicit gaming activities, following similar arrests of 18 individuals, including Chinese nationals, in April.","focusai_entities":"Police","focusai_location":"Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Cheras, Desa Petaling, Taman Orkid Desa, Jalan Tun Razak","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.85), regulator (0.95), compliance_legal (0.8), operator_casino (0.85), payments_fraud_aml (0.9), investor_analyst (0.85), gambler_consumer (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.95)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on Market Development?","query":"What is the estimated economic impact of these illegal operations on the potential for a regulated iGaming market in Malaysia, considering lost tax revenue and legitimate business opportunities?"},{"label":"Regulatory Enforcement Efficacy?","query":"How do these repeated enforcement actions in Kuala Lumpur reflect the efficacy of current regulatory frameworks and police strategies in deterring large-scale illegal gambling operations?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[229,23911],"class_list":["post-18036","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\/18036","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=18036"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18036\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18069,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18036\/revisions\/18069"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}