{"id":777042626,"date":"2026-05-25T09:33:52","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T12:33:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777042626"},"modified":"2026-05-25T09:34:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T12:34:09","slug":"former-cambodian-pm-urges-action-against-officials-linked-to-illegal-gambling-and-online-scams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/former-cambodian-pm-urges-action-against-officials-linked-to-illegal-gambling-and-online-scams","title":{"rendered":"Former Cambodian PM urges action against officials linked to illegal gambling and online scams"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hun Sen has called for prosecutions and asset seizures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Cambodia.- Senate President Samdech Techo Hun Sen has urged Cambodian authorities to take stronger action against officials allegedly involved in illegal gambling and online scam networks. In a public statement, the former prime minister said enforcement efforts should target not only the operators, but also “complicit officials and those who fail to execute orders,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said authorities should prosecute those involved and confiscate assets tied to illegal operations. Hun also said that provincial governors, military police commanders and police chiefs who failed to enforce government directives should be removed from office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the government, authorities raided more than 250 online scam centres between July 2025 and mid-April 2026, including 91 casinos allegedly connected to fraudulent activities<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n

\n\t\t\tSee also:<\/span><\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> Cambodia shuts 91 casinos in cyber scam crackdown<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hun Sen has called for prosecutions and asset seizures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":680,"featured_media":19864,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Cambodian Senate President Hun Sen has mandated intensified enforcement against illegal gambling and online scam networks, specifically targeting complicit officials, asset confiscation, and removal of non-compliant provincial leaders. This directive follows raids on over 250 scam centers, including 91 casinos, underscoring a significant governmental push for regulatory compliance and anti-fraud measures.","focusai_entities":"Samdech Techo Hun Sen, Cambodian government","focusai_location":"Cambodia","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 (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Cambodia Enforcement Impact","query":"What are the projected long-term implications of Cambodia's intensified anti-scam and illegal gambling enforcement on the legitimate iGaming sector's GGR, NGR, and B2B\/B2C licensing stability?"},{"label":"Official Accountability Scope","query":"What specific governance frameworks will be implemented to ensure transparency and accountability in prosecuting complicit officials and seizing assets, mitigating future corruption risks?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[30,25224,24634],"class_list":["post-777042626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-cambodia","tag-enforcement-action","tag-illegal-online-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777042626","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=777042626"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777042626\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777042634,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777042626\/revisions\/777042634"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777042626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777042626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777042626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}