{"id":777016743,"date":"2024-06-26T10:11:32","date_gmt":"2024-06-26T13:11:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777016743"},"modified":"2026-04-22T08:45:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T11:45:05","slug":"philippine-policeman-investigated-over-response-to-illegal-gambling-operations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/philippine-policeman-investigated-over-response-to-illegal-gambling-operations","title":{"rendered":"Philippine policeman investigated over response to illegal gambling operations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Jose Hidalgo Jr. is under investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>The Philippines.- The head of the Central Luzon Police Regional Office, brigadier general <strong>Jose Hidalgo Jr<\/strong> is under investigation due to illegal offshore gaming and scam operators within his jurisdiction. There have been several reports of killings that went unaddressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During a press conference at Camp Crame in Quezon City, Philippine National Police (PNP) chief <strong>Rommel Francisco Marbil<\/strong> said the accountability of the regional director is being questioned because reports on the incidents were not adequately investigated. This investigation has led to the dismissal of the entire personnel roster at the Bamban, Tarlac Municipal Police Station, the chief of police in Porac, Pampanga, and the director of the Pampanga Police Provincial Office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also: <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/pnp-chief-warns-officers-against-protecting-illegal-gaming-operations\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PNP chief warns officers against protecting illegal gaming operations<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Secretary<strong> Benjamin Abalos Jr <\/strong>of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has instructed the PNP and local government units to collaborate in curbing illegal gaming and scam businesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also: <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/potential-philippine-offshore-gambling-ban-could-cost-over-22000-jobs\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Potential Philippine offshore gambling ban could cost over 22,000 jobs<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jose Hidalgo Jr. is under investigation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":7875,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"A high-ranking Philippine police official, Brigadier General Jose Hidalgo Jr., is under investigation for alleged complicity with illegal offshore gaming and scam operators within his jurisdiction, leading to multiple dismissals across police units. This development underscores significant governance challenges and prompts calls for enhanced inter-agency collaboration to curb illicit gaming activities. The situation also highlights the potential economic impact, including job losses, from a proposed Philippine offshore gaming ban.","focusai_entities":"Jose Hidalgo Jr., Rommel Francisco Marbil, Benjamin Abalos Jr., Philippine National Police, Department of the Interior and Local Government","focusai_location":"Philippines, Central Luzon, Quezon City, Camp Crame, Bamban, Tarlac, Porac, Pampanga","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.8), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on POGO licensing?","query":"What are the immediate and long-term implications of this high-level corruption investigation for the future of B2B\/B2C POGO licensing and regulatory compliance frameworks in the Philippines?"},{"label":"Economic fallout of ban?","query":"How might a potential comprehensive ban on Philippine offshore gaming operations, exacerbated by these corruption revelations, impact the national economy, particularly concerning employment and foreign investment in the iGaming sector?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[23911],"class_list":["post-777016743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-gambling-regulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777016743","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=777016743"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777016743\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777016759,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777016743\/revisions\/777016759"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777016743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777016743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777016743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}