{"id":20733,"date":"2021-07-27T16:10:14","date_gmt":"2021-07-27T16:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=20733"},"modified":"2026-04-23T17:13:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T20:13:43","slug":"malaysia-20-arrested-for-illegal-cockfight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/malaysia-20-arrested-for-illegal-cockfight","title":{"rendered":"Malaysia: 20 arrested for illegal cockfight"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Police found a group gambling on illegal cockfights in Kampung Baru Senai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Malaysia.- Police in Malaysia have arrested 20 people on an oil palm plantation in Kampung Baru Senai for illegally gambling on cockfights.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to local media reports, police found those arrested betting on cockfighting in a tent<\/strong>. Officers seized 11 roosters and eight rooster carcasses. They also\u00a0found cash amounting to RM29,965 in bets<\/strong> and several items related to cockfights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those arrested are aged between 22 and 62 years and were under remand while police classified the case under the\u00a0Common Gaming Houses Act 1953<\/strong>\u00a0and Measures of Prevention and Cruelty to Animals Act 1952.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A few weeks ago,\u00a0police in Sarawak arrested four men<\/strong>\u00a0who were suspected of being part in a syndicate\u00a0<\/strong>that was promoting\u00a0online gambling<\/a>\u00a0through social media applications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the raid, police seized mobile phones, gambling equipment and four monitors<\/strong>. According to Malay Mail, those arrested were aged between 19 to 29 and earned between RM$1,500 and RM$1,800 a month<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another raid was made in Taman Senggi, Jalan Bau-Kuching, where police arrested four men and two women in relation to an alleged\u00a0illegal gambling call centre<\/a>. According to officers, those arrested were\u00a0running online gambling including betting on football<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Police found a group gambling on illegal cockfights in Kampung Baru Senai.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":19144,"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 multiple raids against illegal gambling operations, leading to 20 arrests for cockfighting in Kampung Baru Senai and the seizure of RM29,965. Separately, police in Sarawak dismantled an online gambling promotion syndicate and an illegal call centre in Taman Senggi, arresting individuals involved in online betting, including football.","focusai_entities":"Police, Malay Mail","focusai_location":"Malaysia, Kampung Baru Senai, Sarawak, Taman Senggi, Jalan Bau-Kuching","focusai_target_profile":"regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.75), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Enforcement Efficacy","query":"What is the estimated GGR\/NGR impact of these illegal operations on Malaysia's regulated or potentially regulated gaming market, and what further enforcement strategies are being considered to mitigate black market leakage?"},{"label":"Online Black Market","query":"How are Malaysian authorities leveraging advanced data analytics and inter-agency cooperation to identify and dismantle online gambling syndicates, particularly those utilizing social media for promotion and operating call centres?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[23911],"class_list":["post-20733","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\/20733","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=20733"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20733\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20744,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20733\/revisions\/20744"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}