{"id":777016481,"date":"2024-06-17T09:33:38","date_gmt":"2024-06-17T12:33:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777016481"},"modified":"2026-04-22T09:05:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T12:05:16","slug":"indonesia-and-cambodia-meet-to-discuss-online-gambling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/indonesia-and-cambodia-meet-to-discuss-online-gambling","title":{"rendered":"Indonesia and Cambodia meet to discuss online gambling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Officials discussed a rise in online gambling and fraud cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Indonesia.- Officials from Indonesia&#8217;s Coordinating Ministry for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs and four other ministries have visited Cambodia to discuss collaboration on tackling online gambling and online fraud. Led by Nur Rokhmah Hidayah, assistant deputy for coordination for Asia, Pacific, and Africa cooperation, the visit lasted from June 11 to June 15.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Indonesian delegation met with officials from the Cambodian Ministry of Labor and Vocational training, the National Committee for Counter Trafficking (NCCT), Ministry of Interior and the national police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also: <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/cambodian-pm-casinos-not-allowed-in-kampot-and-kep-provinces\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cambodian PM: casinos not allowed in Kampot and Kep provinces<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There has been an increase in the number of Indonesian citizens falling victim to Cambodian online gambling and fraud networks. In 2020, there were 15 cases. There were 1,386 in 2023: 544 were related to online gambling and 842 with online fraud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cambodia banned online gambling when an agreement with China was signed in March 2019.\u00a0In Indonesia, all gambling is banned for both citizens and foreigners. Anyone found gambling can face fines and imprisonment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also: <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/indonesia-to-create-cross-border-gambling-task-force\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Indonesia to create cross-border gambling task force<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Officials discussed a rise in online gambling and fraud cases.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":777014182,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Indonesian and Cambodian officials have initiated bilateral discussions to enhance collaboration in combating illicit online gambling and fraud, following a significant surge in Indonesian victims. Both nations maintain strict prohibitions on gambling, with Cambodia having banned online gambling in 2019, underscoring a shared commitment to regulatory enforcement against black market operations.","focusai_entities":"Nur Rokhmah Hidayah, Coordinating Ministry for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs, Cambodian Ministry of Labor and Vocational training, National Committee for Counter Trafficking (NCCT), Ministry of Interior, Cambodian national police","focusai_location":"Indonesia, Cambodia, Asia, Pacific, Africa, Kampot, Kep","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.9), investor_analyst (0.8), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Cross-Border Enforcement Impact","query":"What specific enforcement mechanisms and data-sharing protocols are being established between Indonesia and Cambodia to effectively dismantle cross-border online gambling and fraud networks?"},{"label":"Black Market GGR Impact","query":"How will the increased enforcement against illicit online gambling in Southeast Asia impact the estimated Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) of the black market, and what are the potential implications for the growth trajectory of regulated iGaming markets in the region?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[154,16333],"tags":[20326],"class_list":["post-777016481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legislation-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-illegal-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777016481","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=777016481"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777016481\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777016492,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777016481\/revisions\/777016492"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777014182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777016481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777016481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777016481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}