China’s embassy described the operations as a “social ill.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
The Philippines.- The Chinese Embassy in Manila<\/strong> has called on the Philippines to prohibit offshore gaming operators. In a statement on Friday, it said nearly 3,000 Chinese nationals had been implicated in crimes such as telecom fraud related to offshore gaming operators since 2018. <\/p>\n\n\n\n It said China had collaborated with the Philippines to close five hubs <\/strong>this year and repatriate around 1,000 Chinese citizens. The embassy said most Chinese citizens involved are victims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Several Philippine lawmakers are calling for a ban on offshore gaming companies<\/a>. Last week, Meanwhile, a security expert described operators as \u201cTrojan horses\u201d<\/a> that could be used by China to stage \u201csurprise attacks\u201d against military installations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR)’s chairman argued that\u00a0the threat to national security<\/a>\u00a0came from alien hacking and scam syndicates (AHaSS), not legitimate internet gaming licensees. He said internet gaming licensees<\/a> contributed over PHP5bn to PAGCOR\u2019s gross revenue in 2023, providing financial support to the government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" China’s embassy described the operations as a “social ill.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":21187,"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 Chinese Embassy in Manila has formally requested the Philippines to prohibit offshore gaming operators (POGOs), citing the involvement of nearly 3,000 Chinese nationals in telecom fraud and other crimes since 2018. This diplomatic pressure, supported by some Philippine lawmakers and security experts raising national security concerns, contrasts with the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation's (PAGCOR) defense of legitimate internet gaming licensees, which contributed over PHP5bn to government revenue in 2023, distinguishing them from illicit \"alien hacking and scam syndicates.\"","focusai_entities":"Chinese Embassy, Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR)","focusai_location":"Philippines, Manila, China","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.9), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"POGO Ban Economic Impact?","query":"What is the projected economic impact on the Philippine treasury, employment, and ancillary industries if a comprehensive ban on legitimate internet gaming licensees (POGOs) is implemented, considering PAGCOR's reported PHP5bn contribution?"},{"label":"Regulatory Enforcement Strategy?","query":"How will PAGCOR refine its regulatory enforcement strategy to effectively differentiate and combat \"alien hacking and scam syndicates\" while safeguarding the operational integrity of compliant internet gaming licensees amidst calls for a blanket prohibition?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[156,158,16333],"tags":[15789],"class_list":["post-777016483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-regulation-news","category-slider-home","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-pogos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777016483","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=777016483"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777016483\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777016490,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777016483\/revisions\/777016490"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777016483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777016483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777016483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}