KUALA LUMPUR, July 2 — Police have dismantled an online football betting syndicate following the arrest of 32 Chinese nationals in a raid at an office unit in Cheras early yesterday morning.

Kuala Lumpur police chief Datuk Fadil Marsus said the raid, carried out at about 2.40 am by the Criminal Investigation Division of the Cheras District Police Headquarters (IPD), resulted in the arrest of 29 men and three women aged 20 to 40.

He said police also seized 28 computers, mobile phones of various brands, internet modems and other equipment believed to have been used in the activities.

“The syndicate was found to be operating World Cup football betting via the website 6288.com, using the office unit as an operations centre which had been running for three weeks,” he said in a statement today.

Fadil said the case was being investigated under Section 4(1)(c) of the Common Gaming Houses Act 1953, Section 4(1)(e) of the Betting Act 1953 and Section 6(1) of the Immigration Act 1959/63.

“All suspects have been remanded for four days until July 4 to assist in the investigation,” he said, adding that the Kuala Lumpur Police would continue to intensify Op Soga XI throughout the 2026 Fifa World Cup campaign by focusing on betting agents, organisers and individuals involved in gambling activities, whether physical or online.

In another development, Fadil said police had detained 12 local men to assist in the investigation into a brawl in a shopping mall car park in Cheras last Monday.

He said all the suspects were arrested in three separate raids around the federal capital following a police report lodged by one of the individuals involved in the incident.

“Investigations found that the fight stemmed from dissatisfaction after an employee at the shopping mall reprimanded a group of individuals for obstructing the road.

“The reprimand then led to a verbal altercation before turning into a fight,” he said, adding that the victim who lodged the police report sustained minor injuries to several parts of his body.

Fadil said all the suspects had been remanded until Tuesday to assist in investigations under Section 148 of the Penal Code. — Bernama