{"id":777000894,"date":"2022-12-09T13:17:46","date_gmt":"2022-12-09T16:17:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777000894"},"modified":"2026-04-23T02:11:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T05:11:34","slug":"philippines-24-arrested-in-connection-with-illegal-online-cockfighting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/philippines-24-arrested-in-connection-with-illegal-online-cockfighting","title":{"rendered":"Philippines: 24 arrested in connection with illegal online cockfighting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Police in Cebu carried out a series of raids in the last five days to crack down on illegal e-sabong operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The Philippines.- Police in Cebu say they have arrested 24 people in connection with e-sabong<\/strong>, which was banned in May. On Tuesday (December 6), three people were arrested in connection with an illegal cockfight outside the cockpit arena in Bugho.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Police seized 17 fighting cocks<\/strong>, four monitors, a computer, one digital camera, one video camera, one router, one media converter and assorted wires used to broadcast the illegal cockfight live on the internet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The same day, the CIDG Cebu City and Lapu-Lapu City Field Units arrested 13 people suspected of betting on cockfights at haringtalpakan.com using their cellphones. Earlier this week, police arrested eight people in Barangay Ermita, Cebu City.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Police Regional Office Central Visayas brigadier general Roderick Augustus Alba<\/strong>, told The Sun Star: \u201cWe shall continue our massive campaign against e-sabong and all forms of illegal gambling. I directed all units to intensify their intelligence gathering on e-sabong operations and to immediately conduct anti-illegal gambling operations.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, Families continue to call for action after a lack of progress in investigations of the 34 disappearances connected to e-sabong<\/a> between April 2021 and January 2022. Families of the missing bettors have met with justice secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla<\/strong> and called for the Department of Justice (DOJ) to make progress. However, Remulla did not respond to questions about what was causing the delay.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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