District police chiefs and police station heads will face disciplinary action or be transferred out within 24 hours if unlicensed gambling outlets still exist in their areas of jurisdiction.

Kuala Lumpur deputy police chief Law Hoong Soon said he issued an order on Oct 14, giving all district police chiefs and police station chiefs one month to ensure the end of all illegal gambling activities in the federal capital.

"Concerted monitoring by all levels of Kuala Lumpur police will continue and the OCPDs and police station chiefs are required to make a declaration to ensure there are no more unlicensed gambling machines operating in their respective areas," Law said in a statement issued in Kuala Lumpur today.

He said a monitoring team from the federal police headquarters, including from the Integrity and Standards Monitoring Department at Bukit Aman, would check on every police district and station in Kuala Lumpur.

"This move is in line with the order from the Inspector-General of Police last Monday for Kuala Lumpur police to intensify conducting of raids. As a result, of the 105 premises checked, only six were reportedly still operating, eight arrests were made and 16 gambling machines and RM955 were seized.

Online gambling premises closed in operation

    

"In last night's police operation, all premises carrying out online gambling activities were closed," he said.

Meanwhile, Law said that since last Jan 1 until today, Kuala Lumpur police had conducted 10,666 raids with 20,845 unlicensed gambling machines and RM193,576 seized from the illegal activity.

"Throughout last year, 7,561 raids were conducted with 1,304 arrests made, and 6,905 illegal gambling machines and RM89,809 in cash seized."

Law said this year's figures showed an increase of over 40 percent in the number of raids, arrests and seizures made by Kuala Lumpur police compared with last year.

- Bernama