{"id":777010201,"date":"2023-10-17T07:34:40","date_gmt":"2023-10-17T10:34:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777010201"},"modified":"2026-04-22T17:06:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T20:06:17","slug":"brunei-17-arrested-for-alleged-illegal-gambling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/brunei-17-arrested-for-alleged-illegal-gambling","title":{"rendered":"Brunei: 17 arrested for alleged illegal gambling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The arrests were made in Kuala Belait.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Brunei.- Police in Brunei have arrested 17 people in an operation against pai gow gambling at a residence in Jalan Maulana, Kuala Belait. According to The Borneo Bulletin, those detained comprised 13 permanent residents, two Bruneian citizens and two foreign nationals. They were taken to Panaga Police Station for investigation. under Section 6(1) of Chapter 28 of the Common Gaming Houses Act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Royal Brunei Police Force has stressed the illegality of gambling and urged the public not to partake. It has a hotline, 993, for reporting tipoffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In September,\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/brunei-4-arrested-for-alleged-illegal-gambling\" target=\"_blank\">police arrested four people<\/a>\u00a0aged between 17 and 53 for alleged involvement in illegal gambling at the Gadong Wet Market. The arrests followed a tip-off from the public that the suspects were playing the traditional katam-katam gambling game with a modern twist, using a mobile app called Real Fish Prawn Crab instead of mats and dice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The arrests were made in Kuala Belait.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":33583,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Brunei police conducted operations in Kuala Belait and Gadong, resulting in the arrest of 17 individuals for illegal pai gow gambling and four others for operating a traditional katam-katam game with a modern mobile app twist. These enforcement actions underscore Brunei's stringent regulatory stance against all forms of gambling, highlighting the ongoing challenges of illicit market activities, including those leveraging digital platforms. The Royal Brunei Police Force reiterated the illegality of gambling and encouraged public tip-offs.","focusai_entities":"Royal Brunei Police Force, The Borneo Bulletin","focusai_location":"Brunei, Kuala Belait, Gadong","focusai_target_profile":"regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.85), journalist_researcher (0.8)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Digital Illicit Gambling","query":"What specific technological advancements are enabling the proliferation of illicit gambling operations, such as the 'Real Fish Prawn Crab' app, and what countermeasures are regulatory bodies deploying to identify and disrupt these digital platforms?"},{"label":"Enforcement Efficacy","query":"Beyond arrests, what long-term enforcement strategies and public awareness campaigns are proving effective in mitigating the prevalence of illegal gambling activities in jurisdictions with strict prohibitions, and how is data from public tip-offs integrated into these efforts?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[20326],"class_list":["post-777010201","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\/777010201","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=777010201"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777010201\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777041134,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777010201\/revisions\/777041134"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777010201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777010201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777010201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}