{"id":777001920,"date":"2023-01-31T14:06:09","date_gmt":"2023-01-31T17:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777001920"},"modified":"2026-04-23T01:05:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T04:05:39","slug":"malaysia-904-arrested-for-illegal-gambling-over-chinese-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/malaysia-904-arrested-for-illegal-gambling-over-chinese-new-year","title":{"rendered":"Malaysia: 904 arrested for illegal gambling over Chinese New Year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Police carried out 137 raids during the Chinese New Year holiday period, with seizures amounting to RM513,793 (US$\u200b\u200b120,821).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Malaysia.- <strong>The Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM)<\/strong> arrested<strong> 904 people across the country<\/strong> during a series of raids against illegal gambling codenamed Ops Limau. Officers seized RM513,793 (US$\u200b\u200b120,821).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The operation took place from January 15 to 29 and involved 137 raids, according to PDRM Secretary Datuk Noorsiah Saaduddin. The operation aimed to curb gambling activities during the Chinese New Year holiday and was carried out under the Common Gaming Houses Act of 1953, sections 6(1) and 7(2).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As Focus Gaming News previously reported,&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/malaysia-120-arrested-in-connection-with-illegal-gambling\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">some 120 people<\/a>, 115 men and five women were arrested between January 15 and 19.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police carried out 137 raids during the Chinese New Year holiday period, with seizures amounting to RM513,793 (US$\u200b\u200b120,821).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":0,"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 Royal Malaysia Police conducted \"Ops Limau\" during the Chinese New Year, executing 137 raids against illegal gambling operations. This enforcement action resulted in 904 arrests and the seizure of RM513,793 (US$120,821), underscoring ongoing efforts to curb illicit gaming activities under the Common Gaming Houses Act of 1953.","focusai_entities":"Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM), Datuk Noorsiah Saaduddin, Focus Gaming News","focusai_location":"Malaysia","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.8), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.8), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on Regulated GGR","query":"What is the estimated impact of sustained enforcement actions against illegal gambling on the Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) and Net Gaming Revenue (NGR) of licensed operators in Malaysia?"},{"label":"Regulatory Framework Efficacy","query":"How do these enforcement statistics reflect the efficacy of Malaysia's current regulatory compliance and governance frameworks in deterring and prosecuting illegal gambling operations?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[20326],"class_list":["post-777001920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","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\/777001920","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=777001920"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777001920\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777001939,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777001920\/revisions\/777001939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777001920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777001920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777001920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}