GEORGE TOWN, May 21 -- Police have frozen a total of 150 mule accounts used for online gambling in Penang, involving RM32 million between 2023 and this year.

Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow said the police have conducted Ops Dadu continuously to bust illegal gambling and scam syndicates.

"There were 2,681 arrests by the police involving 2,337 online gambling cases with 1,390 charges in court in 2023 and 1,810 arrests involving 1,510 cases with 1,084 charges in court in 2024," he said in reply to a question by Joseph Ng Soon Siang (DAP - Air Itam) at the state legislative assembly on the online gambling and scam cases in Penang.

He added that this year, up to March, a total of 542 arrests were made involving 485 cases, while 255 cha...