{"id":777031236,"date":"2025-09-04T08:55:04","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T11:55:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777031236"},"modified":"2026-04-21T19:29:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T22:29:32","slug":"malaysia-police-arrest-34-in-raid-on-alleged-online-gambling-syndicate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/malaysia-police-arrest-34-in-raid-on-alleged-online-gambling-syndicate","title":{"rendered":"Malaysia police arrest 34 in raid on alleged online gambling syndicate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Arrests were made in an early morning raid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Malaysia.- Police in Selangor have arrested 34 people in connection with an alleged online gambling syndicate at a terrace house in Sungai Buloh. The raid on August 30 targeted a group that had allegedly been active for several months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Selangor police chief Datuk Shazeli Kahar said the syndicate recruited victims by posing as women on Facebook. \u201cThe victims are then persuaded to access a gambling website while the betting and withdrawal of money is carried out via WhatsApp using an overseas bank account,\u201d he told reporters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The suspects are 29 men and five women. Shazeli said the group earned between RM2,000 (US$470) and RM2,500 (US$590) per day. All 34 suspects, including one Malaysian national, were remanded for four days starting August 31, with police applying for an extension at the Shah Alam Magistrates\u2019 Court. The case is being investigated under Section 4(1)(b), (c) and (g) of the Open Gambling House Act 1953.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> Hyderabad police arrest 8 over alleged online betting<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Arrests were made in an early morning raid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":680,"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":"Malaysian police in Selangor arrested 34 individuals linked to an alleged online gambling syndicate operating from Sungai Buloh. The syndicate reportedly used Facebook for victim recruitment and WhatsApp for betting transactions, leveraging an overseas bank account. Investigations are proceeding under the Open Gambling House Act 1953, highlighting ongoing regulatory enforcement against illicit iGaming operations.","focusai_entities":"Datuk Shazeli Kahar, Selangor police, Shah Alam Magistrates\u2019 Court, Facebook, WhatsApp, Hyderabad police","focusai_location":"Malaysia, Selangor, Sungai Buloh, Shah Alam, Hyderabad","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.8), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.8), affiliate_publisher (0.7), marketing_crm (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.9), investor_analyst (0.8), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Regulatory Impact","query":"What are the broader implications of such enforcement actions on Malaysia's iGaming regulatory landscape and the potential for future licensing frameworks?"},{"label":"Financial Flows","query":"How do illicit operations leveraging overseas bank accounts impact AML compliance efforts for legitimate financial institutions and payment processors?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[24634,226],"class_list":["post-777031236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-illegal-online-gambling","tag-malaysia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777031236","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\/680"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777031236"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777031236\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777031259,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777031236\/revisions\/777031259"}],"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=777031236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777031236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777031236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}