{"id":777016236,"date":"2024-06-07T09:27:58","date_gmt":"2024-06-07T12:27:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777016236"},"modified":"2026-04-22T09:22:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T12:22:49","slug":"philippines-police-chief-relieved-after-raid-on-illegal-gambling-operator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/philippines-police-chief-relieved-after-raid-on-illegal-gambling-operator","title":{"rendered":"Philippines: police chief relieved after raid on illegal gambling operator"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Philippine National Police (PNP) is investigating if local police were negligent in detecting the illegal operation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The Philippines.- The police chief in Porac town, Pampanga, has been relieved from his post following the raid on an illegal offshore gambling business that ended with the rescue of 187 workers<\/a>, including 158 foreigners (Chinese, Vietnamese, Malaysians, Myanmarese and Koreans).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Philippine National Police (PNP) said it would investigate the local police’s failure to detect the illegal facility. Spokesperson Jean Fajardo<\/strong> said the gaming operation had been operating without a licence from the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (PAGCOR).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The raid took place on Tuesday night (June 4) at the Lucky South 99 compound on Friendship Highway in Angeles City. A search warrant was issued by the Malolos City Regional Trial Court Branch 14 based on reports of human trafficking, torture and scams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On May 22, the gaming operator had been notified by PAGCOR that its application to operate as an internet gaming establishment had been denied and its POGO licence had expired. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In May,\u00a0senator Win Gatchalian<\/strong>\u00a0introduced\u00a0Senate Bill 2689<\/strong>, seeking to\u00a0prohibit the operations of offshore gaming companies<\/a>. This bill aims to repeal Republic Act 11590, which was enacted on September 22, 2021 by former president Rodrigo Duterte.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Philippine National Police (PNP) is investigating if local police were negligent in detecting the illegal operation.<\/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":"The Philippine National Police is investigating local police negligence following a raid on an illegal offshore gambling operation, Lucky South 99, in Porac, Pampanga, which resulted in 187 rescued workers. The facility operated without a valid PAGCOR license, having been denied an internet gaming establishment application and its POGO license expired. This incident coincides with legislative efforts, such as Senator Gatchalian's Senate Bill 2689, to prohibit offshore gaming operations in the Philippines.","focusai_entities":"Philippine National Police (PNP), Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (PAGCOR), Lucky South 99, Malolos City Regional Trial Court Branch 14, Win Gatchalian, Rodrigo Duterte","focusai_location":"Philippines, Porac, Pampanga, Angeles City, Malolos City","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (0.9), payments_fraud_aml (0.8), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"POGO Sector Future?","query":"What are the broader implications for the POGO sector's future in the Philippines given this enforcement action and legislative push?"},{"label":"PAGCOR Enforcement Enhancements?","query":"How will PAGCOR enhance its enforcement mechanisms and inter-agency coordination to prevent similar unlicensed offshore gaming operations?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[23911,15789],"class_list":["post-777016236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-gambling-regulation","tag-pogos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777016236","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=777016236"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777016236\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777016252,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777016236\/revisions\/777016252"}],"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=777016236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777016236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777016236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}