{"id":47125,"date":"2017-03-20T15:00:56","date_gmt":"2017-03-20T22:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=47125"},"modified":"2017-03-20T12:03:21","modified_gmt":"2017-03-20T19:03:21","slug":"sarawak-police-conduct-26-illegal-gambling-raids-arrest-41","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/sarawak-police-conduct-26-illegal-gambling-raids-arrest-41\/","title":{"rendered":"Sarawak Police Conduct 26 Illegal Gambling Raids, Arrest 41"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Continuing its war on illegal gambling, the Sarawak police raided 26 locations in the capital city of Kuching, arresting 41 people last week. Money, mobile phones, portable printers, calculators, betting slips and stationery were seized.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_47127\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-47127\" data-style=\"width: 661px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-47127\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/sarawakraids.jpg\" alt=\"Sarawak illegal gambling raids\" width=\"661\" height=\"440\" \/><figcaption  id=\"caption-attachment-47127\"class=\"text-description\">A Sarawak police office detains a man who was pulled over and found to have an illegal gambling sheet. Officials in the Malaysian state in Borneo have vowed to rid the area of illegal gambling. (Image: The Star)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The operation was performed by the state\u2019s Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and lasted from March 13-19. Many forms of illicit wagering were found, including cyber-gambling and off-track betting on horse racing.<\/p>\n<p>Datuk Dev Kumar, CID chief senior assistant commander for the Malaysian state on the island of Borneo, said lottery ticket sales from unauthorized stores was also included in the sweep.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"main-blockquote\"><p><strong>\u201cOver recent weeks, the state CID has observed the mushrooming of illegal counters selling public lottery tickets in the state,\u201d he said in a statement. \u201cWe do not condone such illegal activities, conducted openly in public places.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>Problem Rampant<\/h2>\n<p>Most of the people were found conducting the prohibited activities were in stores or cafes, and didn\u2019t seem that concerned with being caught.<\/p>\n<p>One group was discovered by accident. CID officers were in a food court and stumbled upon eight men who were running an illegal off-track horse betting venture. Out in the open were schedules, mobile phones and betting slips.<\/p>\n<p>Other seizures have been possible by tips from the public, who are tired of the disturbances it causes in their neighborhoods.<\/p>\n<h2>Campaign Against Gambling<\/h2>\n<p>This is the latest crackdown to try and rid the area of gambling, which is a huge problem, according to authorities.<\/p>\n<p>In October two separate maneuvers throughout the state netted more than 100 arrests. The first was the first week of the month and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.themalaymailonline.com\/malaysia\/article\/police-nab-84-for-gambling-in-42-raids-in-sarawak-last-week\">yielded 84 arrests<\/a>. In addition a number of online gambling machines were confiscated.<\/p>\n<p>Two weeks later <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theborneopost.com\/2016\/10\/25\/teenagers-among-33-arrested-for-illegal-gambling-sarawak-cid-chief\/\">33 men were taken into custody<\/a>, including several teenagers. Online gambling machines, lottery tickets and computers with online sites were found at the sites of the raid.<\/p>\n<p>The government has vowed to rid the country of this problem and will continue investigating stores that are connected with the menace, including coffee houses, phone stores and cafes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe thank members of the public for continuously furnishing us with information on illegal gambling activities and supporting us in our efforts,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Continuing its war on illegal gambling, the Sarawak police raided 26 locations in the capital city of Kuching, arresting 41 people last week. Money, mobile phones, portable printers, calculators, betting slips and stationery were seized. The operation was performed by the state\u2019s Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and lasted from March 13-19. Many forms of illicit [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[60,20],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Sarawak Police Conduct 26 Illegal Gambling Raids, Arrest 41<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Sarawak police conducted 26 raids against illegal gambling operations and arrested 41 people. The country has vowed to curtail the problem.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sarawak Police Conduct 26 Illegal Gambling Raids, Arrest 41\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Sarawak police conducted 26 raids against illegal gambling operations and arrested 41 people. The country has vowed to curtail the problem.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/sarawak-police-conduct-26-illegal-gambling-raids-arrest-41\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Casino.org\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Casino.OrgNews\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-03-20T22:00:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-03-20T19:03:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/sarawakraids.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Casino.org Staff Writer\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@Casino_Org\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Casino_Org\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Casino.org Staff Writer\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/sarawak-police-conduct-26-illegal-gambling-raids-arrest-41\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/sarawak-police-conduct-26-illegal-gambling-raids-arrest-41\/\",\"name\":\"Sarawak Police Conduct 26 Illegal Gambling Raids, Arrest 41\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/sarawak-police-conduct-26-illegal-gambling-raids-arrest-41\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/sarawak-police-conduct-26-illegal-gambling-raids-arrest-41\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/sarawakraids.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-03-20T22:00:56+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-03-20T19:03:21+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8c48bf89dc86da77b4d856c7b3b78d77\"},\"description\":\"The Sarawak police conducted 26 raids against illegal gambling operations and arrested 41 people. The country has vowed to curtail the problem.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/sarawak-police-conduct-26-illegal-gambling-raids-arrest-41\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/sarawak-police-conduct-26-illegal-gambling-raids-arrest-41\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/sarawak-police-conduct-26-illegal-gambling-raids-arrest-41\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/sarawakraids.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/sarawakraids.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/sarawak-police-conduct-26-illegal-gambling-raids-arrest-41\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"News\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Legal\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/legal\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Sarawak Police Conduct 26 Illegal Gambling Raids, Arrest 41\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Casino.org\",\"description\":\"Latest Casino and Gaming News\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8c48bf89dc86da77b4d856c7b3b78d77\",\"name\":\"Casino.org Staff Writer\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0853bd574da5b217483afb1fbbee33a5?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0853bd574da5b217483afb1fbbee33a5?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Casino.org Staff Writer\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/author\/corg-staff-writer\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Sarawak Police Conduct 26 Illegal Gambling Raids, Arrest 41","description":"The Sarawak police conducted 26 raids against illegal gambling operations and arrested 41 people. The country has vowed to curtail the problem.","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Sarawak Police Conduct 26 Illegal Gambling Raids, Arrest 41","og_description":"The Sarawak police conducted 26 raids against illegal gambling operations and arrested 41 people. The country has vowed to curtail the problem.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/sarawak-police-conduct-26-illegal-gambling-raids-arrest-41\/","og_site_name":"Casino.org","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Casino.OrgNews","article_published_time":"2017-03-20T22:00:56+00:00","article_modified_time":"2017-03-20T19:03:21+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/sarawakraids.jpg"}],"author":"Casino.org Staff Writer","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@Casino_Org","twitter_site":"@Casino_Org","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Casino.org Staff Writer","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/sarawak-police-conduct-26-illegal-gambling-raids-arrest-41\/","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/sarawak-police-conduct-26-illegal-gambling-raids-arrest-41\/","name":"Sarawak Police Conduct 26 Illegal Gambling Raids, Arrest 41","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/sarawak-police-conduct-26-illegal-gambling-raids-arrest-41\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/sarawak-police-conduct-26-illegal-gambling-raids-arrest-41\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/sarawakraids.jpg","datePublished":"2017-03-20T22:00:56+00:00","dateModified":"2017-03-20T19:03:21+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8c48bf89dc86da77b4d856c7b3b78d77"},"description":"The Sarawak police conducted 26 raids against illegal gambling operations and arrested 41 people. The country has vowed to curtail the problem.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/sarawak-police-conduct-26-illegal-gambling-raids-arrest-41\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/sarawak-police-conduct-26-illegal-gambling-raids-arrest-41\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/sarawak-police-conduct-26-illegal-gambling-raids-arrest-41\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/sarawakraids.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/sarawakraids.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/sarawak-police-conduct-26-illegal-gambling-raids-arrest-41\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"News","item":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Legal","item":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/legal\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Sarawak Police Conduct 26 Illegal Gambling Raids, Arrest 41"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/","name":"Casino.org","description":"Latest Casino and Gaming News","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8c48bf89dc86da77b4d856c7b3b78d77","name":"Casino.org Staff Writer","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0853bd574da5b217483afb1fbbee33a5?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0853bd574da5b217483afb1fbbee33a5?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Casino.org Staff Writer"},"url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/author\/corg-staff-writer\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47125"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/42"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47125\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}