{"id":777016551,"date":"2024-06-19T09:33:43","date_gmt":"2024-06-19T12:33:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777016551"},"modified":"2026-04-22T09:00:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T12:00:23","slug":"malaysia-social-media-influences-arrested-for-allegedly-promoting-illegal-online-gambling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/malaysia-social-media-influences-arrested-for-allegedly-promoting-illegal-online-gambling","title":{"rendered":"Malaysia: social media influences arrested for allegedly promoting illegal online gambling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>23 women and four men were arrested.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Malaysia.- Police have arrested <strong>27 social media influencers<\/strong>, aged between 21 and 35, for allegedly promoting illegal online gambling sites. The 23 women and 4 men were detained in various locations on Thursday (June 13). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bukit Aman CID director comm <strong>Datuk Seri Mohd Shuhaily Mohd Zain <\/strong>said investigations found that gambling syndicates had hired the suspects based on their social media followings. Each influencer allegedly received <strong>payments ranging from RM1,500 and RM8,000<\/strong> based on their number of followers. Police seized 30 mobile phones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The influencers are being investigated under the Open Gaming House Act and Section 233 of the Malaysia Communication and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) Act. The police aim to trace the syndicates involved. The Sta says the influencers were also promoting beauty products. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/malaysia-6-arrested-for-alleged-illegal-online-gambling\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Malaysia: 6 arrested for alleged illegal online gambling<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>23 women and four men were arrested.<\/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":"Malaysian authorities have arrested 27 social media influencers for allegedly promoting illicit online gambling platforms, highlighting a significant enforcement action against illegal iGaming marketing channels. The arrests, involving individuals paid based on their social media reach, underscore the ongoing regulatory challenges in combating unauthorized gambling operations and their promotional networks.","focusai_entities":"Bukit Aman CID, Datuk Seri Mohd Shuhaily Mohd Zain, Malaysia Communication and Multimedia Commission (MCMC)","focusai_location":"Malaysia","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.8), affiliate_publisher (1.0), marketing_crm (0.8), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (0.7), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Regulatory Impact on Affiliates","query":"What are the broader implications for affiliate marketing compliance and due diligence frameworks in the iGaming sector following these arrests in Malaysia?"},{"label":"Syndicate Tracing Strategy","query":"What specific strategies are Malaysian authorities employing to trace and dismantle the underlying illegal gambling syndicates funding these promotional activities?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[20326],"class_list":["post-777016551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-illegal-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777016551","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=777016551"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777016551\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777016579,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777016551\/revisions\/777016579"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777016551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777016551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777016551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}