{"id":34669,"date":"2022-10-21T10:26:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-21T13:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=34669"},"modified":"2026-04-23T03:42:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T06:42:50","slug":"cambodia-3-arrested-for-gambling-on-illegal-cockfighting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/cambodia-3-arrested-for-gambling-on-illegal-cockfighting","title":{"rendered":"Cambodia: 3 arrested for gambling on illegal cockfighting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Police carried out a raid on an illegal cockfight in Bassac village, Svay Rieng.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Cambodia.- Police have arrested three people for allegedly betting on illegal cockfights. Police seized a car, five motorcycles and roosters in a raid in Bassac village, Svay Chrum district, Svay Rieng.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier this week, National Police spokesman Lieutenant General&nbsp;<strong>Chhay Kim Khoeun<\/strong>&nbsp;reported that officers have&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/cambodian-police-raid-10000-suspected-gambling-locations-in-month-long-clampdown\" target=\"_blank\">raided more than 10,000 suspected illegal gambling operations<\/a>&nbsp;in the last month. Khoeun said police had targetted&nbsp;<strong>127 locations<\/strong>&nbsp;in 11 capitals and provinces and had collected evidence for 273 prosecutions, including against 56 foreign citizens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last week, the provincial authorities of Preah Shihanouk&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/cambodia-new-controls-for-preah-sihanouk-casinos\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ordered all casino operators<\/a>&nbsp;to obtain&nbsp;<strong>approval from the Preah Sihanouk Administration&nbsp;<\/strong>before applying to the Ministry of Economy and Finance. The measure aims to achieve more control of the gaming industry after cases of&nbsp;<strong>human trafficking<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police carried out a raid on an illegal cockfight in Bassac village, Svay Rieng.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":26497,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Cambodian authorities have intensified their crackdown on illegal gambling operations, with over 10,000 raids conducted recently, leading to numerous arrests and prosecutions. Concurrently, Preah Sihanouk provincial authorities have introduced a new two-tier approval process for casino operators, mandating local endorsement prior to Ministry of Economy and Finance application, citing enhanced control and human trafficking concerns.","focusai_entities":"Lieutenant General Chhay Kim Khoeun, National Police, Ministry of Economy and Finance, Preah Sihanouk Administration","focusai_location":"Cambodia, Svay Rieng, Bassac village, Svay Chrum district, Preah Sihanouk","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.95), operator_casino (0.9), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.95)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Regulatory Impact Assessment","query":"What specific changes to the B2C licensing application process in Preah Sihanouk are anticipated, and how will these new local approval requirements impact the operational timelines and capital expenditure for existing and prospective casino operators?"},{"label":"Market Stability Outlook","query":"Given the extensive crackdown on illegal gambling, what is the projected impact on the overall GGR and NGR for the regulated Cambodian iGaming market, and how might this influence foreign direct investment in the sector?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[23911],"class_list":["post-34669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-gambling-regulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34669","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=34669"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34669\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34683,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34669\/revisions\/34683"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}