{"id":777015042,"date":"2024-04-26T09:23:51","date_gmt":"2024-04-26T12:23:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777015042"},"modified":"2026-04-22T10:46:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T13:46:33","slug":"malaysian-pm-denies-talks-on-forest-city-casino-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/malaysian-pm-denies-talks-on-forest-city-casino-plans","title":{"rendered":"Malaysian PM denies talks on Forest City casino plans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Prime\u00a0minister\u00a0Anwar Ibrahim has refuted reports about a possible casino licence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Malaysia.- Prime Minister<strong>\u00a0Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim<\/strong>\u00a0has denied reports that his administration was in talks about a casino in Forest City, Johor.\u00a0Anwar, who is also finance minister, denied the government was considering issuing a second casino licence in the country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bloomberg had reported that\u00a0<strong>Anwar Ibrahim<\/strong>\u00a0met\u00a0with Berjaya Corp founder Vincent Tan and Lim Kok Thay, the head of Genting Group, about the possibility of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/malaysia-could-allow-casino-at-forest-city\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a casino at the US$100bn Forest City project<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, according to the Malay Mail, a spokesman for Berjaya said that the company is not aware of any such conversations. Forest City has faced challenges in attracting residents, including political opposition and governmental restrictions. <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/genting-malaysia-revenue-to-rise-1-7-this-year-analysts-say\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Genting Malaysia<\/a>\u00a0currently runs the country\u2019s only casino resort,\u00a0<strong>Resorts World Genting<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime\u00a0minister\u00a0Anwar Ibrahim has refuted reports about a possible casino licence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":17082,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has refuted reports regarding the potential issuance of a second casino license in Malaysia, specifically for the US$100bn Forest City project in Johor. 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