The suspects were arrested during a series of operations between January 15 and 19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Malaysia.- Some 120 people<\/strong>, 115 men and five women, have been arrested in connection with illegal gambling in a police operation carried out between January 15 and 19 in Kuala Lumpur. During the operation, codenamed Ops Limau by Bukit Aman\u2019s Criminal Investigation Department (CID), officers seized RM92,481 cash believed to be proceeds from illegal gambling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to The Star, police secretary deputy comm Datuk Noorsiah Mohd Saaduddin <\/strong>said the cases are being investigated under Section 6(1) and Section 7(2) of the Open Gaming House Act 1953. She said Ops Limau will run until January 28 in order to target illegal gambling during Chinese New Year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The suspects were arrested during a series of operations between January 15 and 19.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":25754,"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 conducted \"Ops Limau\" in Kuala Lumpur, arresting 120 individuals for illegal gambling and seizing RM92,481 in cash. The operation, targeting illicit activities during Chinese New Year, is being investigated under the Open Gaming House Act 1953, underscoring ongoing regulatory enforcement efforts against unlicensed gaming operations.","focusai_entities":"Bukit Aman\u2019s Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Datuk Noorsiah Mohd Saaduddin","focusai_location":"Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.8), regulator (0.95), compliance_legal (0.85), operator_casino (0.8), investor_analyst (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on Regulated Market","query":"What is the estimated GGR impact on licensed operators in Malaysia due to the continued prevalence of illegal gambling operations, and how do these enforcement actions contribute to market channelization?"},{"label":"Regulatory Framework Efficacy","query":"How effective is the Open Gaming House Act 1953 in deterring large-scale illegal gambling operations, and are there discussions regarding updates to Malaysia's gaming governance frameworks to address modern illicit activities?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[20326],"class_list":["post-777001646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-illegal-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777001646","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=777001646"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777001646\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777001653,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777001646\/revisions\/777001653"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777001646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777001646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777001646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}