{"id":777016668,"date":"2024-06-24T09:59:21","date_gmt":"2024-06-24T12:59:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777016668"},"modified":"2026-04-22T08:49:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T11:49:13","slug":"pnp-chief-warns-officers-against-protecting-illegal-gaming-operations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/pnp-chief-warns-officers-against-protecting-illegal-gaming-operations","title":{"rendered":"PNP chief warns officers against protecting illegal gaming operations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>General Rommel Francisco Marbil has warned that police personnel will face disciplinary action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>The Philippines.- National police chief general <strong>Rommel Francisco Marbil <\/strong>has warned that officers found protecting offshore gaming operators will face disciplinary action. He stressed the importance of integrity in the force, urging officers to maintain ethical standards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Marbil noted that the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) and the Anti-Cybercrime Group (ACG) have played key roles in dismantling illegal operators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two weeks ago, the\u00a0<strong>Chinese Embassy in Manila<\/strong>\u00a0called on the Philippines to prohibit offshore gaming operators. It said nearly 3,000 Chinese nationals had been implicated in crimes such as telecom fraud related to offshore gaming operators since 2018. Several Philippine lawmakers are\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/another-lawmaker-joins-call-for-ban-on-offshore-gaming-companies-in-the-philipines\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">calling for a ban on offshore gaming companies<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General Rommel Francisco Marbil has warned that police personnel will face disciplinary action.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":21794,"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 chief, General Rommel Francisco Marbil, has issued a stern warning regarding disciplinary action for officers found protecting illegal offshore gaming operators (POGOs), emphasizing integrity within the force. This development follows calls from the Chinese Embassy in Manila for a complete prohibition of POGOs due to their association with crimes involving Chinese nationals, a sentiment echoed by several Philippine lawmakers.","focusai_entities":"Rommel Francisco Marbil, Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG), Anti-Cybercrime Group (ACG), Chinese Embassy, Philippine lawmakers","focusai_location":"Philippines, Manila, China","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 (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"POGO Ban Economic Impact?","query":"What are the projected economic implications for the Philippines, particularly for real estate and employment, if a comprehensive ban on offshore gaming operators is enacted?"},{"label":"Regulatory Framework Evolution?","query":"How might the intensified crackdown on illegal POGOs and the call for a ban influence the development of a more robust and legitimate iGaming regulatory framework in the Philippines?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,158,16333],"tags":[20326],"class_list":["post-777016668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-slider-home","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-illegal-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777016668","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=777016668"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777016668\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777016695,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777016668\/revisions\/777016695"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777016668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777016668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777016668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}