{"id":32357,"date":"2022-08-04T05:34:52","date_gmt":"2022-08-04T08:34:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=32357"},"modified":"2026-04-23T06:14:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T09:14:52","slug":"cambodian-casino-operators-warned-after-fatal-shootings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/cambodian-casino-operators-warned-after-fatal-shootings","title":{"rendered":"Cambodian casino operators warned after fatal shootings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The governor of Preah Sihanouk has warned that casinos will lose their licences if they are found to be involved in illegal activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Cambodia.- Casino operators at Preah Sihanouk, one of the four districts of Sihanoukville Province in Cambodia, have been warned that they could lose their gaming licences<\/strong>\u00a0if the police detect that they have been involved in criminal activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The announcement was made by\u00a0Kuoch Chamroeun<\/strong>, Preah Sihanouk provincial governor, after local media reportes that two Chinese nationals were shot dead at Tong Fang Palirin Casino in Commune II\u2019s Village 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Phnom Penh Post, Chamroeun said: “After this deadly shooting incident, we\u2019re taking decisive action against casinos and other business locations. If they are found to be involved in criminal activities, we will shut them down, suspend their operations and ask permission from the government to revoke their business licences.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chamroeun stressed that if offenders were arrested on criminal charges, they would be brought to justice without exception.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cambodia has long been fighting against illegal gambling and criminal activities in the gaming industry. Last September, the country renewed its existing\u00a0cooperation agreement on cross-border gambling<\/a>\u00a0with China. Cambodia banned online gambling when the first agreement was signed in March 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Authorities have also signed a\u00a0memorandum of understanding\u00a0<\/strong>with Thailand to\u00a0tackle online gambling operators<\/a>\u00a0and call-centre scammers. Cooperation between government agencies led to the shutdown of 742 gambling sites in the first three months of the year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The governor of Preah Sihanouk has warned that casinos will lose their licences if they are found to be involved in illegal activities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":21187,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The Governor of Preah Sihanouk, Cambodia, has issued a stern warning that casino operators found complicit in illegal activities will face license revocation, following a fatal shooting incident at Tong Fang Palirin Casino. This decisive action underscores Cambodia's intensified efforts against illicit gambling and criminal enterprises, reinforcing its commitment to regulatory compliance and cross-border enforcement agreements with nations like China and Thailand.","focusai_entities":"Kuoch Chamroeun, Tong Fang Palirin Casino, Phnom Penh Post","focusai_location":"Preah Sihanouk, Sihanoukville Province, Cambodia, Commune II\u2019s Village 2, China, Thailand","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (1.0), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on GGR?","query":"What is the projected impact on Cambodia's Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) and Net Gaming Revenue (NGR) from these intensified regulatory enforcement actions and potential casino closures?"},{"label":"Regulatory Framework Evolution?","query":"How might these enforcement actions influence the evolution of Cambodia's gaming governance frameworks, particularly regarding B2B\/B2C licensing and responsible gambling mandates?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[229,23911],"class_list":["post-32357","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\/32357","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=32357"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32357\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32370,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32357\/revisions\/32370"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}