Datuk Muhamad Zaki Harun speaking to press during a press conference at the state police headquarters in Kota Baru. -NSTP/NIK ABDULLAH NIK OMAR
Datuk Muhamad Zaki Harun speaking to press during a press conference at the state police headquarters in Kota Baru. -NSTP/NIK ABDULLAH NIK OMAR

KOTA BARU: Police do not deny the existence of online gambling in the state, said Kelantan police chief Datuk Muhamad Zaki Harun today.

Zaki since January, police had made 83 arrests related to online gambling.

"Forty-eight cases have been taken to court.

"Last year, 163 gambling arrests were made, with 99 cases prosecuted in court," he said at the state police contingent headquarters here.

Zaki said online gambling in the state involved numbers forecasting, cockfighting and others done online.

"If we receive information on gambling, police will conduct investigations and make arrests."