{"id":27663,"date":"2022-02-28T10:32:25","date_gmt":"2022-02-28T13:32:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=27663"},"modified":"2026-04-23T10:56:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T13:56:56","slug":"malaysia-17-arrested-over-illegal-cockfighting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/malaysia-17-arrested-over-illegal-cockfighting","title":{"rendered":"Malaysia: 17 arrested over illegal cockfighting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Police in Sibu, Malaysia, have carried out a raid and arrested 17 people for alleged involvement in illegal cock fights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Malaysia.- Police arrested 17 people during a raid on an<strong> illegal cockfighting event\u00a0<\/strong>that was being held at an open space at Jalan Bukit Penyau on Saturday. Those arrested were aged 19 to 75. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Police seized four live and two dead chickens, three fighting cocks and an electronic weighing machine. The case is being investigated under Section 3(1) of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile <strong>Cheras police<\/strong>\u00a0have claimed that since the start of 2022, they have dismantled some\u00a0<strong>22 premises used for illegal gambling<\/strong>.\u00a0<strong>Cheras OCPD Asst Comm Muhammad Idzam Jaafar<\/strong>\u00a0said 25 suspects had been arrested in during the operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>See also:&nbsp;<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/malaysia-17-arrested-for-illegal-gambling\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Malaysia: 17 arrested for illegal gambling<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police in Sibu, Malaysia, have carried out a raid and arrested 17 people for alleged involvement in illegal cock fights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":0,"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 in Sibu and Cheras have conducted raids, arresting 17 individuals for illegal cockfighting and dismantling 22 illegal gambling premises since early 2022, leading to 25 arrests. These enforcement actions underscore ongoing efforts to combat illicit gaming operations and uphold regulatory frameworks within the jurisdiction.","focusai_entities":"Muhammad Idzam Jaafar, Cheras police, Sibu police","focusai_location":"Malaysia, Sibu, Cheras","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.8), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.8), payments_fraud_aml (0.8), investor_analyst (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on Regulated Market","query":"What is the estimated GGR leakage to illegal gambling operations in Malaysia, and how do these enforcement actions impact the potential for future regulated market expansion?"},{"label":"Enforcement Efficacy","query":"How do these localized enforcement efforts in Sibu and Cheras align with broader national strategies for combating illegal gambling, and what metrics are used to assess their long-term efficacy?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[229,23911],"class_list":["post-27663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","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\/27663","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=27663"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27663\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27671,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27663\/revisions\/27671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}