{"id":777009870,"date":"2023-10-04T06:58:20","date_gmt":"2023-10-04T09:58:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777009870"},"modified":"2026-04-22T17:28:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T20:28:22","slug":"malaysian-police-cut-power-to-11-alleged-illegal-gambling-operations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/malaysian-police-cut-power-to-11-alleged-illegal-gambling-operations","title":{"rendered":"Malaysian police cut power to 11 alleged illegal gambling operations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The venues are located in Iskandar Puteri.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Malaysia.- Police officers cut the electricity power of 11 suspected illegal gambling operations in Iskandar Puteri, Johor. The move was carried out between police officers and members of Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB), the Malaysian multinational electricity company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to local media reports, the venues had disguised themselves as legitimate businesses, including telecommunication shops, sundry stores and mini markets in an attempt to evade detection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Iskandar Puteri OCPD asst comm\u00a0Rahmat Ariffin\u00a0told The Star that the operations were part of &#8216;Ops Pemotongan Elektrik&#8217; under Section 21A of the Common Gaming Houses Act 1953 and that the businesses were operating for six to eight months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>See also:\u00a0<\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/malaysia-54-arrested-for-illegal-online-gambling\" target=\"_blank\">Malaysia: 54 arrested for illegal online gambling<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The venues are located in Iskandar Puteri.<\/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":"Malaysian authorities, in collaboration with Tenaga Nasional Berhad, have disrupted 11 suspected illegal gambling operations in Iskandar Puteri, Johor, by cutting electricity supply. These illicit venues, disguised as legitimate businesses, had been operating for six to eight months, underscoring ongoing challenges in regulatory compliance and market integrity.","focusai_entities":"Tenaga Nasional Berhad, TNB, Rahmat Ariffin","focusai_location":"Malaysia, Iskandar Puteri, Johor","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.9), investor_analyst (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on GGR?","query":"What is the estimated GGR leakage to illegal operations in Malaysia, and how might sustained enforcement impact the revenue projections for licensed operators?"},{"label":"Regulatory Framework Efficacy?","query":"How effective is Malaysia's current regulatory framework, specifically the Common Gaming Houses Act 1953, in deterring and prosecuting large-scale illegal gambling operations?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[20326],"class_list":["post-777009870","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\/777009870","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=777009870"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777009870\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777041204,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777009870\/revisions\/777041204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777009870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777009870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777009870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}