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Four men were caught illegally gambling at a Kuala Terengganu karaoke centre. Although they have already been released, they could face fines and jail time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Malaysia.- The Terengganu Religious Affairs Department carried out a raid that ended with the arrest of four people, aged between 45 to 60 years old, who were found gambling at a karaoke centre in Kuala Terengganu. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to BNN, during the raid, police seized cash and a deck of playing cards. After their arrest, people were released on bail. However, it is expected that they will appear before the court to face judgment. If found guilty, they could face fines of up to RM3,000 each, or two years in prison, or both.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last year, Niaz Asadullah<\/strong>, an economics professor at Monash University, estimated the Malaysian government is losing between RM2bn (US$426m) and RM5bn (US$1bn) annually to illegal gambling<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Four men were caught illegally gambling at a Kuala Terengganu karaoke centre. Although they have already been released, they could face fines and jail time.<\/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":"A recent enforcement action by the Terengganu Religious Affairs Department targeted an illegal gambling operation in Kuala Terengganu, resulting in four arrests and highlighting ongoing challenges in regulatory compliance. This incident underscores the significant economic impact of the black market, with estimates suggesting Malaysia loses billions annually to illicit gaming activities.","focusai_entities":"Terengganu Religious Affairs Department, Niaz Asadullah, Monash University","focusai_location":"Malaysia, Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.8), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Malaysia's Regulatory Strategy?","query":"What specific policy initiatives or enhanced enforcement strategies is the Malaysian government considering to address the estimated RM2bn-RM5bn annual loss to illegal gambling and potentially transition these activities into a regulated framework?"},{"label":"Impact on Licensed Operators?","query":"How does the persistent prevalence of illegal gambling operations in Malaysia affect the GGR and NGR potential for existing or prospective licensed iGaming and land-based casino operators in the region?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[23911],"class_list":["post-777012296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-gambling-regulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777012296","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=777012296"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777012296\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777012297,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777012296\/revisions\/777012297"}],"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=777012296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777012296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777012296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}