{"id":32479,"date":"2022-08-09T06:44:31","date_gmt":"2022-08-09T09:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=32479"},"modified":"2026-04-23T06:05:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T09:05:17","slug":"malaysia-man-fined-for-gambling-on-illegal-cockfighting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/malaysia-man-fined-for-gambling-on-illegal-cockfighting","title":{"rendered":"Malaysia: man fined for gambling on illegal cockfighting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The man has been fined RM1,000 and sentenced to two months in jail for participating in an illegal cockfight last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Malaysia.- A man in <strong>Kuching, Malaysia<\/strong> has been fined RM1,000 and sentenced to two months in jail after he admitted to having participated in an illegal cockfighting event last year. Chai Kok Ho was arrested on February 14 2021 in a morning raid on a vegetable farm called Jalan Kampung Batu Gong, Siburan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police seized RM39,740, five live and two dead cockerels, two cockspurs, a foldable table, and a weighing scale in the raid. Chai was charged under Section 34 of the Penal Code. Animal fighting and baiting are prohibited under the Animal Welfare Act (2015).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elsewhere, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/malaysia-man-fined-us448-for-illegal-gambling\" target=\"_blank\">a man was recently fined RM2,000<\/a>\u00a0(US$448) and sentenced to<strong>\u00a0two months in prison<\/strong>\u00a0after pleading guilty to gambling illegally. Abdul Aziz Saperi, was sentenced under Section 7(2) of the General Gaming Act 1953.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to The Borneo Post, Aziz was arrested when the police conducted an operation in front of an unnumbered hut in Kampung Sealine 1, Lutong. An examination of the defendant\u2019s smartphone revealed that he had an&nbsp;<strong>online gambling application<\/strong>&nbsp;installed. The device was seized as evidence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The man has been fined RM1,000 and sentenced to two months in jail for participating in an illegal cockfight last year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":17082,"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 issued fines and jail sentences in two separate cases: one for participation in an illegal cockfight and another for illegal online gambling. These actions underscore the ongoing enforcement efforts against illicit gaming and animal cruelty activities within the jurisdiction. The cases highlight the legal consequences under the Animal Welfare Act (2015) and the General Gaming Act 1953.","focusai_entities":"Chai Kok Ho, Abdul Aziz Saperi, The Borneo Post","focusai_location":"Malaysia, Kuching, Siburan, Lutong","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.7), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.9), investor_analyst (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.8)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on Illegal Market?","query":"What is the broader impact of these localized enforcement actions on the overall size and prevalence of the illegal gambling market in Malaysia, particularly concerning online verticals?"},{"label":"Enforcement Technology Use?","query":"How do Malaysian authorities leverage technology, such as smartphone forensics, in their ongoing efforts to combat illicit online gambling operations and enhance regulatory compliance?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[229,23911],"class_list":["post-32479","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\/32479","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=32479"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32479\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32496,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32479\/revisions\/32496"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}