{"id":777006421,"date":"2023-06-19T09:49:39","date_gmt":"2023-06-19T12:49:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777006421"},"modified":"2026-04-22T20:53:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T23:53:12","slug":"malaysian-minister-urges-police-to-name-politicians-involved-in-online-gambling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/malaysian-minister-urges-police-to-name-politicians-involved-in-online-gambling","title":{"rendered":"Malaysian minister urges police to name politicians involved in online gambling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The home minister has called for the police and the anti-corruption commission to reveal political patrons involved in illegal online gambling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Malaysia.- Saifuddin Nasution Ismail<\/strong>, Malaysian home minister, has stated that it is the responsibility of the police and the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) to disclose the identities of political patrons involved in illegal online gambling syndicates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking to reporters, he said he does not wish to interfere in their professional assessment but said there was a possibility of political patrons receiving kickbacks in the form of political donations from syndicates which he claimed are generating weekly profits of up to RM250m (US$54m)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saifuddin urged the police to\u00a0use data analytics to combat these syndicates<\/strong>. Earlier, he had informed the Dewan Rakyat (parliament) about the involvement of political patrons in supporting online gambling syndicates, providing them protection from legal action in return.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Free Malaysia Today, inspector-General of Police Acryl Sani Abdullah Sani <\/strong>confirmed that the police and MACC are jointly investigating the matter, sharing information to facilitate further inquiry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See also: <\/strong>Malaysia reviews gambling laws<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The home minister has called for the police and the anti-corruption commission to reveal political patrons involved in illegal online gambling.<\/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":"Malaysia's Home Minister has urged police and the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) to identify political patrons involved in illegal online gambling syndicates, citing potential kickbacks from weekly profits up to RM250m (US$54m). This initiative aims to enhance regulatory compliance and market integrity by dismantling illicit operations that reportedly receive political protection. A joint investigation is underway, with calls for data analytics to aid enforcement.","focusai_entities":"Saifuddin Nasution Ismail, Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), Acryl Sani Abdullah Sani, Free Malaysia Today, Dewan Rakyat","focusai_location":"Malaysia","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.8), tech_data (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.9), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on Licensed Operators","query":"What is the estimated GGR impact on licensed iGaming operators in Malaysia if the RM250m weekly illegal gambling profits are successfully curtailed and redirected to the regulated market?"},{"label":"Regulatory Framework Evolution","query":"How might this high-profile investigation into political patronage influence the ongoing review of Malaysia's gambling laws and the future governance frameworks for both B2B and B2C licensing?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[23911,4138],"class_list":["post-777006421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-gambling-regulation","tag-online-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777006421","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=777006421"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777006421\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777006428,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777006421\/revisions\/777006428"}],"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=777006421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777006421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777006421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}