Parents, no matter what your passion or hobby is, please consider the activity before deciding to bring your child along. If its golf, football or even gardening, then it will be appropriate or even educational, but gambling? Strictly a no-no.
In a special operation to combat illegal gambling done in Rawang early this morning (28 July), 114 individuals were nabbed and one of them is a 10-year-old girl who was there because she was brought along by her parents as they didn’t want to leave her alone at home. That’s not what they meant by family time!
Source: Malay Mail
Source: China Press
The Bukit Aman and the Selangor Police Contingent Headquarters’ Anti-vice, Gambling and Secret Societies division carried out the operation, inspecting 10 premises from 6pm Friday (July 27) to 1am today.
“A total 208 slot machines, 73 simulators, 63 chips and RM16,808 cash were confiscated in this operation. A slot machine costs RM10,000 to RM15,000 each which makes the seizure worth over RM1 million,” he told a press conference about the raid.
Other than the little girl that was detained, another 42 people who were caretakers of the gambling dens and 72 customers aged 18 to 59 years old were arrested in the operation.
Source: Berita Harian
IGP Tan Sri Mohamad Fuzi Harun, as quoted by Malay Mail said,
“As we have seen, there is also a 10-year-old child arrested after being taken along by her parents who came to gamble. This is very serious and we are committed to eradicating the many activities that bring social problems.”
He also said that since the announcement of the special operations unit, they have received more than 100 information about illegal gambling nationwide. The unit will then immediately raid the premises once they verify the information.
Source: Utusan
“The police will cooperate with Local Authorities, Tenaga Nasional Berhad and Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor Sdn Bhd to curb the gambling,” he added.
The police will look into the modus operandi of the premises to prevent them from resuming their operations. Don’t do this to your kids, please.
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