{"id":19955,"date":"2021-07-07T16:18:16","date_gmt":"2021-07-07T16:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=19955"},"modified":"2026-04-23T17:50:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T20:50:56","slug":"malaysia-4-arrested-for-online-gambling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/malaysia-4-arrested-for-online-gambling","title":{"rendered":"Malaysia: 4 arrested for online gambling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Police in Malaysia have busted an illegal online gambling syndicate that had been operating for six months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Malaysia.- Police in Sarawak have arrested four men who are suspected of being part of\u00a0a syndicate<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>that was promoting <strong>online gambling<\/strong> through social media applications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the raid, police seized<strong>\u00a0mobile phones, gambling equipment and four monitors<\/strong>. According to Malay Mail, those arrested were aged between 19 to 29 and<strong>\u00a0earned between RM$1,500 and RM$1,800 a month<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The four men could face a fine of between RM$5,000 and RM50,000<\/strong>\u00a0as well as imprisonment for a maximum of three years upon conviction. An investigation is being carried out by the police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In June, Police in Taman Senggi, Jalan Bau-Kuching, arrested four men and two women in a raid on an alleged\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/malaysia-6-arrested-in-raid-on-gambling-call-centre\">illegal gambling call centre<\/a>. According to officers, those arrested were<strong>\u00a0running online gambling including betting on football<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Borneo Post reported that those arrested were aged between 20 and 27 years and were being investigated under the Common Gaming Houses Act 1953.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among those arrested were<strong>&nbsp;two Indonesian nationals<\/strong>&nbsp;who are being investigated under the Immigration Act 1959\/63. Police seized mobile phones, computer equipment and laptops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The installation of\u00a0<strong>illegal gambling call centres in Malaysia is fairly common,\u00a0<\/strong>as are police raids to dismantle them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police in Malaysia have busted an illegal online gambling syndicate that had been operating for six months.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":19971,"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 have conducted multiple raids, dismantling illegal online gambling syndicates operating across Sarawak and Taman Senggi. These enforcement actions resulted in several arrests, seizure of operational equipment, and investigations under the Common Gaming Houses Act 1953 and Immigration Act 1959\/63, highlighting ongoing challenges in combating unregulated iGaming activities within the jurisdiction.","focusai_entities":"Police, Malay Mail, The Borneo Post","focusai_location":"Malaysia, Sarawak, Taman Senggi, Jalan Bau-Kuching, Kuching","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.85), regulator (0.98), compliance_legal (0.92), operator_casino (0.8), investor_analyst (0.88), journalist_researcher (0.95)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on Regulated Market?","query":"What is the estimated scale of the unregulated iGaming market in Malaysia, and how do these enforcement actions impact the potential for future regulated iGaming frameworks?"},{"label":"Regulatory Effectiveness?","query":"Beyond arrests, what strategic measures are Malaysian authorities implementing to dismantle the underlying infrastructure and financial networks supporting persistent illegal online gambling operations?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[23911],"class_list":["post-19955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-gambling-regulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19955","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=19955"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19955\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19982,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19955\/revisions\/19982"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}