{"id":28931,"date":"2022-04-13T07:35:05","date_gmt":"2022-04-13T10:35:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=28931"},"modified":"2026-04-23T09:39:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T12:39:05","slug":"malaysia-3-arrested-over-illegal-online-gambling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/malaysia-3-arrested-over-illegal-online-gambling","title":{"rendered":"Malaysia: 3 arrested over illegal online gambling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Police in Desa Petaling have arrested three people for allegedly being part of a gambling syndicate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Malaysia.- Two men and a woman, aged between 18 and 22, have been <strong>arrested after a raid on an alleged illegal online gambling operation <\/strong>in the residential area of \u200b\u200bDesa Petaling. During the raid, police confiscated two laptops, three mobile phones and a monitor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police officers said an investigation under Section 4(1) of the Open Gaming Act is ongoing, with the suspects remanded in custody until tomorrow (April 14).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In February,\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/malaysia-17-arrested-over-illegal-cockfighting\" target=\"_blank\">police arrested 17 people<\/a>\u00a0during a raid on an<strong>\u00a0illegal cockfighting event\u00a0<\/strong>that was being held at an open space at Jalan Bukit Penyau. Police seized four live and two dead chickens, three fighting cocks and an electronic weighing machine. The case was investigated under Section 3(1) of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Officers also\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/malaysia-police-cut-electricity-supply-to-9-illegal-gambling-dens\" target=\"_blank\">cut the electricity<\/a> to nine illegal gambling hubs that were operating in Setapak Jaya, Jalan Tasik Titiwangsa, Jalan Tun Razak, Jalan Ampang Hilir, Jalan Gombak Batu 5 and Setapak. <strong>The joint operation against illegal gambling<\/strong>\u00a0was carried out between police officers and members of Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB), the Malaysian multinational electricity company.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police in Desa Petaling have arrested three people for allegedly being part of a gambling syndicate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":26852,"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 arrested three individuals in connection with an alleged illegal online gambling operation in Desa Petaling, confiscating equipment and initiating an investigation under the Open Gaming Act. This action is part of broader enforcement efforts, including a recent raid on an illegal cockfighting event and joint operations with Tenaga Nasional Berhad to disrupt illicit gambling hubs by cutting electricity supply.","focusai_entities":"Tenaga Nasional Berhad","focusai_location":"Malaysia, Desa Petaling, Setapak Jaya, Jalan Tasik Titiwangsa, Jalan Tun Razak, Jalan Ampang Hilir, Jalan Gombak Batu 5, Setapak, Jalan Bukit Penyau","focusai_target_profile":"regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.85), operator_casino (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.8)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on Regulated Market?","query":"What is the estimated GGR leakage from illegal online gambling operations in Malaysia, and how do these enforcement actions by authorities impact the competitive landscape for potential future regulated operators?"},{"label":"Regulatory Framework Efficacy?","query":"Beyond arrests, what long-term strategies are Malaysian authorities implementing to dismantle the infrastructure of illegal online gambling syndicates, particularly concerning cross-border operations and payment processing?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[229,23911],"class_list":["post-28931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","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\/28931","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=28931"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28931\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28938,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28931\/revisions\/28938"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}