{"id":777021429,"date":"2024-12-11T06:23:49","date_gmt":"2024-12-11T09:23:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777021429"},"modified":"2026-04-22T03:23:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T06:23:47","slug":"illegal-gambling-in-malaysia-1652-arrested-in-perak-in-first-9-months-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/illegal-gambling-in-malaysia-1652-arrested-in-perak-in-first-9-months-of-the-year","title":{"rendered":"Illegal gambling in Malaysia: 1,652 arrested in Perak in first 9 months of the year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Police in Perak have carried out 1,369 raids.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Malaysia.- Police in Perak say they conducted <strong>1,369 raids related to illegal gambling <\/strong>between January and September. These led to <strong>1,652 <\/strong>arrests, while police have seized RM$1,296 in cash and 1,022 electronic devices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The raids targeted various <strong>illegal gambling activities<\/strong>, including online, indoors and outdoors. Police submitted 91 requests to local authorities for the cancellation of business permits. So far, 14 licences have been revoked, while 77 are awaiting responses. Police made <strong>81 applications to cut electricity supply<\/strong> to identified venues under the Common Gaming Houses Act 1953. Tenaga Nasional Berhad has completed 67. Finally, <strong>46 applications<\/strong> were submitted to the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission to block gambling-related websites. These are being processed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to The Star, from January to November, police opened 1,377 investigation papers related to gambling. Of these, 975 IPs have been prosecuted, 131 were closed with no further action by the public prosecutor and 271 are still under investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Genting to be removed from FTSE Bursa Malaysia index<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Genting Malaysia&nbsp;<\/strong>and its parent<strong>&nbsp;Genting Bhd&nbsp;<\/strong>will be removed from the<strong>&nbsp;FTSE Bursa Malaysia\u2019s Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (KLCI)<\/strong>. The decision was taken at the latest semi-annual review of the 30-stock index on the ground of the companies\u2019 market capitalisation as of the close of trading on November 25.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The KLCI tracks the top 30 companies listed on Bursa Malaysia\u2019s main board by full market capitalisation. Genting Malaysia and its parent company ranked 37th and 34th, respectively, as of yesterday (December 5). That\u2019s their lowest since November 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They will be replaced in the index by engineering firm Gamuda and retailer 99 Speed Mart Retail Holdings from December 23. The next review is scheduled for June 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier this month, analysts at&nbsp;<strong>Maybank Investment Bank&nbsp;<\/strong>lowered their full-year 2025 mass-market gross gaming revenue (GGR) forecast&nbsp;for Resorts World Genting (RWG), an integrated resort operated by Genting Malaysia, by 25 per cent. They said the adjustment was made due to&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/resorts-world-genting-closes-two-gaming-areas-for-property-upgrades\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the ongoing closure of the Circus Palace and Hollywood mass gaming floors<\/a>, which was announced at the end of February. There is no current reopening date for the venues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police in Perak have carried out 1,369 raids.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":25294,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Police in Perak, Malaysia, conducted 1,369 raids against illegal gambling operations between January and September, leading to 1,652 arrests and significant seizures, alongside requests for license revocations and website blocks. Concurrently, Genting Malaysia and its parent Genting Bhd are set to be removed from the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI due to declining market capitalization, following a 25% reduction in their Resorts World Genting's mass-market GGR forecast by analysts due to ongoing venue closures.","focusai_entities":"Genting Malaysia, Genting Bhd, FTSE Bursa Malaysia, Gamuda, 99 Speed Mart Retail Holdings, Maybank Investment Bank, Resorts World Genting, Tenaga Nasional Berhad, Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission","focusai_location":"Malaysia, Perak","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.95), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.85), affiliate_publisher (0.7), tech_data (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.75), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Genting's Index Re-entry Strategy?","query":"What strategic initiatives are Genting Malaysia and Genting Bhd planning to enhance market capitalization and potentially regain inclusion in the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI, considering the next review in June 2025?"},{"label":"Impact of Illegal Gambling Crackdown?","query":"How will the intensified regulatory enforcement against illegal gambling in Malaysia, including website blocking and license revocations, impact the competitive landscape and GGR for licensed operators?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[20326],"class_list":["post-777021429","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\/777021429","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=777021429"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777021429\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777021458,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777021429\/revisions\/777021458"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777021429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777021429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777021429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}