{"id":777012099,"date":"2023-12-22T10:25:46","date_gmt":"2023-12-22T13:25:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777012099"},"modified":"2026-04-22T14:27:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T17:27:54","slug":"malaysia-7-arrested-over-alleged-illegal-online-gambling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/malaysia-7-arrested-over-alleged-illegal-online-gambling","title":{"rendered":"Malaysia: 7 arrested over alleged illegal online gambling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Those detained were aged between 21 and 37.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Malaysia.- Police have made seven arrests for <strong>alleged online gambling<\/strong> and <strong>fraud<\/strong>. The suspects, including three women, are aged between 21 and 37. Police seized a Toyota Vios, seven computers and 25 mobile phones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The case is being investigated under Section 420 of the Penal Code, punishable with a maximum 10-year imprisonment term, and Section 4(1)(c) of the Common Gaming Houses Act 1953, which carries both fine and imprisonment for up to three years upon conviction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>District police chief Assistant Commissioner <strong>Raiz Mukhliz Azman Aziz<\/strong> said the raid, codenamed Op Pelican, was a crackdown on fraudsters engaging in fictitious investments and online gambling. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said: &#8220;The arrests were made in two houses in the residential areas in Muar after mounted surveillance. Our investigations revealed that the syndicate members had been operating for about a month in the district and targeted local victims.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/malaysia-estimated-to-lose-up-to-us1bn-a-year-to-illegal-gambling\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/malaysia-estimated-to-lose-up-to-us1bn-a-year-to-illegal-gambling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Malaysia estimated to lose up to US$1bn a year to illegal gambling<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Those detained were aged between 21 and 37.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":19850,"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, under \"Op Pelican,\" arrested seven individuals in Muar for alleged online gambling and fictitious investment fraud. The syndicate, operating for approximately one month, targeted local victims, leading to asset seizures and charges under the Penal Code and Common Gaming Houses Act 1953. This action underscores ongoing efforts to combat illicit gaming operations contributing to significant annual losses in Malaysia.","focusai_entities":"Assistant Commissioner Raiz Mukhliz Azman Aziz","focusai_location":"Malaysia, Muar","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.8), regulator (0.95), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.85), payments_fraud_aml (0.85), investor_analyst (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Market Integrity Impact","query":"What is the quantifiable impact of these illicit operations on the market integrity and potential GGR for a future regulated iGaming ecosystem in Malaysia?"},{"label":"Enforcement Efficacy","query":"How effective are the current enforcement mechanisms, such as Op Pelican, in dismantling sophisticated online gambling and investment fraud syndicates, and what further legislative or technological enhancements are being considered?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-777012099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777012099","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\/226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777012099"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777012099\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777012112,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777012099\/revisions\/777012112"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777012099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777012099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777012099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}