{"id":20833,"date":"2021-07-29T16:19:15","date_gmt":"2021-07-29T16:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=20833"},"modified":"2026-04-23T17:08:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T20:08:55","slug":"malaysia-28-arrested-for-online-gambling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/malaysia-28-arrested-for-online-gambling","title":{"rendered":"Malaysia: 28 arrested for online gambling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Police in Kuala Lumpur have arrested 28 people for illegal online gambling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Malaysia.-&nbsp;<strong>Police in Malaysia have arrested 28 people<\/strong>&nbsp;in three condominium units in Jalan Stoner over allegations of&nbsp;<strong>online gambling activities<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to officers, those arrested ran a<strong>\u00a0call centre promoting online gambling activities\u00a0<\/strong>and tried to persuade customers to visit websites to invest and buy non-existent products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Local media reports that\u00a0<strong>those arrested are 22 men and six women, aged 17 to 53 years<\/strong>\u00a0who were making a profit of RM5,000 per day. During the raid, police seized several mobile phones, computers, laptops, modems and two access cards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police <strong>warned people not to engage in any illegal gambling activities\u00a0<\/strong>and said they will continue their efforts to stop such operations in Kuala Lumpur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A few days ago, police also arrested 20 people on an oil palm plantation in Kampung Baru Senai for&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/malaysia-20-arrested-for-illegal-cockfight\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">illegally gambling on cockfights<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to local media reports, police found those arrested betting on&nbsp;<strong>cockfighting in a tent<\/strong>. Officers seized 11 roosters and eight rooster carcasses. They also<strong>&nbsp;found cash amounting to RM29,965 in bets<\/strong>&nbsp;and several items related to cockfights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those arrested are aged between 22 and 62 years and were under remand while police classified the case under the\u00a0<strong>Common Gaming Houses Act 1953<\/strong>\u00a0and Measures of Prevention and Cruelty to Animals Act 1952.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police in Kuala Lumpur have arrested 28 people for illegal online gambling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":20835,"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 arrested 28 individuals in Kuala Lumpur for operating an illegal online gambling call centre promoting non-existent products, and an additional 20 people for illegal cockfighting in Kampung Baru Senai. These enforcement actions underscore the ongoing regulatory efforts to combat illicit gambling activities and maintain market integrity within the jurisdiction.","focusai_entities":"Police","focusai_location":"Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Jalan Stoner, Kampung Baru Senai","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.85), regulator (0.95), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.8), payments_fraud_aml (0.85), investor_analyst (0.8), gambler_consumer (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Regulatory Gaps Exploited?","query":"What specific regulatory gaps or enforcement challenges in Malaysia are these illegal online gambling operations exploiting, and what measures are being considered to address them?"},{"label":"Financial Crime Integration?","query":"How do these illicit online gambling call centres integrate with broader financial crime networks, particularly concerning payment processing, money laundering, and the promotion of 'non-existent products'?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[23911,4138],"class_list":["post-20833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-gambling-regulation","tag-online-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20833","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=20833"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20833\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20838,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20833\/revisions\/20838"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}