{"id":777009951,"date":"2023-10-06T06:39:41","date_gmt":"2023-10-06T09:39:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777009951"},"modified":"2026-04-22T17:25:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T20:25:23","slug":"bangkok-police-transfer-officers-after-discovery-of-gambling-venue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/bangkok-police-transfer-officers-after-discovery-of-gambling-venue","title":{"rendered":"Bangkok police transfer officers after discovery of gambling venue"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Five senior police officers at Din Daeng police station have been transferred to inactive posts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Thailand.- The commander of the Metropolitan Police Division 1 has ordered the immediate transfer of five officers stationed at Din Daeng police station after an illicit gambling operation was found in their jurisdiction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A special team from the Department of Provincial Administration conducted a raid on the venue at Prachasongkroh Soi 6 in Din Daeng, Bangkok, arresting nearly 50 people and seizing 300,000 baht in cash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Initial investigations have unveiled that\u00a0the venue had been operating clandestinely since 2020, intermittently offering gambling. It was divided into two sections. The first near the main entrance, operated as a snooker club. The second, concealed within the building, functioned as a covert casino.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Pattaya Mail, those arrested were transported to Din Daeng police station, where charges were made. Police Major General Attaporn Wongsiripreeda, who holds the position of commander within the Metropolitan Police Division 1, has issued transfer orders for five senior officers stationed at Din Daeng. They will be reassigned to inactive posts, relieving them of their duties.\u00a0An investigative committee has also been established.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also:<\/strong>\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/thailand-30-arrested-for-alleged-illegal-gambling\" target=\"_blank\">Thailand: 30 arrested for alleged illegal gambling<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Five senior police officers at Din Daeng police station have been transferred to inactive posts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":777009718,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"In Thailand, five senior police officers from Din Daeng station have been transferred following a raid on an illicit gambling operation in their jurisdiction. The clandestine venue, operating since 2020, led to nearly 50 arrests and the seizure of 300,000 baht, highlighting significant regulatory enforcement gaps and governance failures within the local law enforcement framework.","focusai_entities":"Metropolitan Police Division 1, Department of Provincial Administration, Police Major General Attaporn Wongsiripreeda","focusai_location":"Thailand, Bangkok, Din Daeng","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.85), operator_casino (0.8), payments_fraud_aml (0.9), investor_analyst (0.85), gambler_consumer (0.75), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Regulatory Enforcement Gaps?","query":"What systemic regulatory enforcement gaps allowed this illicit gambling operation to persist since 2020, and what enhanced governance frameworks are being proposed to mitigate future occurrences?"},{"label":"Black Market Impact?","query":"How does the continued prevalence of such black-market gaming verticals in Thailand influence the market attractiveness and potential GGR for prospective regulated iGaming operators?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[20326],"class_list":["post-777009951","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\/777009951","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=777009951"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777009951\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777041194,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777009951\/revisions\/777041194"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777009718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777009951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777009951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777009951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}