{"id":8309,"date":"2022-09-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/asia\/cambodia-strict-order-to-crackdown-illegal-gambling\/"},"modified":"2022-09-21T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-09-21T00:00:00","slug":"cambodia-strict-order-to-crackdown-illegal-gambling","status":"publish","type":"asia","link":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/asia\/cambodia-strict-order-to-crackdown-illegal-gambling\/","title":{"rendered":"Cambodia strict order to crackdown illegal gambling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:large\">The government of Cambodia has ordered a &ldquo;strict crackdown&rdquo; on all types of illegal gambling. The announcement was made on Saturday by Prime Minister Hun Sen, according to local media reports.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:large\">The nationwide move is to include lotteries, cockfighting and poker, among other forms of unauthorised gambling. A working group has been set to oversee the implementation of the measure, to be led by the Secretary of State of the Ministry of Interior. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:large\">The move by the Cambodia government followed news that illegal gambling was rampant in that nation, according to the Khmer Times. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:x-large\">The country has also been on the spotlight recently, with a number of reports about people from other countries in Asia being trafficked into Cambodia&nbsp;and forced to work for criminal syndicates, namely in operations related to illegal gambling.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:large\">The prime minister stated in his Saturday message that illegal gambling activities did not benefit the country&rsquo;s economy: instead, they were leading to gambling addiction among Cambodians; and people facing gambling-related debts, and having to sell property to cover such obligations.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;<span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:large\">I&rsquo;d like to issue a strict order to all municipal or provincial governors to take immediate actions to suppress indiscriminately on all types of illegal gambling,&rdquo; the prime minister said in a recorded message made public. &ldquo;It is no longer possible to tolerate an anarchic situation.&rdquo;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>cover such obligations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d like to issue a strict order to all municipal or provincial governors to take immediate actions to suppress indiscriminately on all types of illegal gambling,\u201d the prime minister said<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5695,"menu_order":319,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4198],"class_list":["post-8309","asia","type-asia","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","tag-cambodia-cockfight-cambodian-bets-cockfight-cambodia","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.6 - 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