167 Computer Sets Seized In Latest Malaysian Online Gambling Raids
By Brian Cullingworth, Last updated Feb 3, 2021
35 arrested in police raids on 12 internet gambling shops
Police in Sibu, a city in the Sarawak province of Malaysia, have again been active over the weekend, raiding 12 locations and arresting 35 people – 13 operator staff and 22 online punters.
Inspector-General of Police Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar said the Anti-Vice, Gambling and Gangsterism Special Task Force operations followed tip-offs and investigations, and resulted in the confiscation of 167 computer sets.
He revealed that the operations over the weekend were the first to involve the federal police.
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