{"id":20953,"date":"2021-08-02T13:21:01","date_gmt":"2021-08-02T16:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=20953"},"modified":"2026-04-23T17:03:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T20:03:52","slug":"malaysia-118-arrested-for-illegal-online-gambling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/malaysia-118-arrested-for-illegal-online-gambling","title":{"rendered":"Malaysia: 118 arrested for illegal online gambling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Police in Johor have arrested 118 people in two weeks for illegal online gambling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Malaysia.-\u00a0Police in Malaysia has arrested 118 people<\/strong>\u00a0in two weeks for allegations of\u00a0online gambling activities<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Officers carried out 90 raids in Johor<\/strong>, arresting premises 99 caretakers and 19 players. During the raids, police seized mobile phones, computers, tablets and cash amounting to RM20,184.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Malay Mail, the illegal online gambling centres were targeting students, government employees and senior citizens<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those arrested are aged between 19 and 58 years and were placed under remand while police classified the case under the\u00a0Common Gaming Houses Act 1953<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Police also reported that during July, officers conducted 525 raids related to online gambling centres<\/strong> in which 705 individuals were arrested: 549 caretakers and 156 players.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In July,\u00a0police in Malaysia<\/a>\u00a0arrested 28 people<\/strong>\u00a0in three condominium units in Jalan Stoner over allegations of\u00a0online gambling activities<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to officers, those arrested ran a call centre promoting online gambling activities <\/strong>and tried to persuade customers to visit websites to invest and buy non-existent products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Local media reports that those arrested are 22 men and six women, aged 17 to 53 years<\/strong> who 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

Police warned people not to engage in any illegal gambling activities <\/strong>and said they will continue their efforts to stop such operations in Kuala Lumpur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Police also arrested 20 people on an oil palm plantation in Kampung Baru Senai for\u00a0illegally gambling on cockfights<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Police in Johor have arrested 118 people in two weeks for illegal online gambling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":20113,"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 extensive raids in Johor and Kuala Lumpur, arresting 118 individuals over two weeks for illegal online gambling operations. These operations, which targeted vulnerable demographics including students and senior citizens, also involved fraudulent investment schemes. The enforcement actions highlight ongoing challenges in combating the black market and protecting consumers.","focusai_entities":"Police, Malay Mail","focusai_location":"Malaysia, Johor, Kuala Lumpur, Jalan Stoner, Kampung Baru Senai","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.85), regulator (0.98), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.8), payments_fraud_aml (0.92), investor_analyst (0.88), gambler_consumer (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.95)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Leakage Impact?","query":"What is the estimated GGR leakage to the black market in Malaysia, and how do these enforcement actions impact the viability of future regulated iGaming frameworks?"},{"label":"Enforcement Strategy Effectiveness?","query":"How effective are current enforcement strategies in dismantling the operational infrastructure of illegal online gambling, particularly concerning cross-border payment processing and affiliate networks?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[23911,4138],"class_list":["post-20953","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\/20953","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=20953"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20953\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20957,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20953\/revisions\/20957"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}