{"id":63431,"date":"2024-05-15T14:03:50","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T06:03:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/?p=63431"},"modified":"2024-05-15T14:03:50","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T06:03:50","slug":"no-second-casino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/no-second-casino","title":{"rendered":"Anwar Ibrahim Says No To Second Casino Under His Administration"},"content":{"rendered":"

Malaysia\u2019s Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has stated that no second casino licence will be granted under his administration, citing \u2018no need\u2019 for it.<\/span><\/p>\n

Speaking at the Qatar Economic Forum in Doha yesterday, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said that Malaysia is currently focusing on the digital transformation of the country, along with energy transition and artificial intelligence (AI) sectors.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hence, there will be no need for a second casino licence to be granted to anyone in Malaysia.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to a report from Bernama, Anwar stated this in a response to the forum\u2019s moderator during the plenary session.<\/span><\/p>\n

Anwar was asked during the session on whether Malaysia is considering granting a second casino licence.<\/span><\/p>\n

This follows previous <\/span>reports from foreign news outlets<\/span><\/a> that the Malaysian government is considering granting a second casino licence in Forest City, Iskandar Puteri, Johor.<\/span><\/p>\n

These reports were vehemently denied by Anwar himself, and also by Johor\u2019s Menteri Besar, <\/span>Datuk Onn Hafiz Ghazi<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>Johor MB denies rumors of second casino<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n

In a separate news report from The Star, Onn has dismissed the possibility of a second casino in Forest City, and also said that a report that stated that the licence has already been issued and the casino project is already ongoing as highly defamatory.<\/span><\/p>\n

He stated that with the federal government\u2019s support, it is now time to rebuild Forest City into something that will benefit the people of Johor.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>Police report already filed on Forest City casino rumors.<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n

On April 26, Berjaya Corp\u00a0 lodged a police report against an international news agency article alleging that business tycoon Tan Sri Vincent Tan was involved in discussions with Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim regarding the opening of a casino in Forest City.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the article, Berjaya Corp was named along with Anwar and Genting Malaysia Bhd, which also came out and denied the reports.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Malaysia\u2019s Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has stated that there will be no second casino under his administration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":63432,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[271,216],"tags":[1386,2281,2279,2282,2280],"class_list":["post-63431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economy","category-news-updates","tag-anwar-ibrahim","tag-berjaya-corp","tag-casino","tag-forest-city","tag-genting"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nPM Anwar Says No To Second Casino<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has given a resounding no to questions of whether there will be a second casino in Malaysia.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/no-second-casino\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"PM Anwar Says No To Second Casino\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has given a resounding no to questions of whether there will be a second casino in Malaysia.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/no-second-casino\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"iMoney Malaysia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-05-15T06:03:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.imoney.my\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/15121516\/pexels-grizzlybear-965879_1200x798.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"798\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Haziq Alfian\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Haziq Alfian\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.imoney.my\\\/articles\\\/no-second-casino#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.imoney.my\\\/articles\\\/no-second-casino\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Haziq Alfian\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.imoney.my\\\/articles\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c8b6d65e0078bab2c19286b8db39547a\"},\"headline\":\"Anwar Ibrahim Says No To Second Casino Under His Administration\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-05-15T06:03:50+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.imoney.my\\\/articles\\\/no-second-casino\"},\"wordCount\":321,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.imoney.my\\\/articles\\\/no-second-casino#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.imoney.my\\\/articles\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/15121516\\\/pexels-grizzlybear-965879_1200x798.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Anwar Ibrahim\",\"berjaya corp\",\"casino\",\"forest city\",\"genting\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Economy\",\"News Updates\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.imoney.my\\\/articles\\\/no-second-casino#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.imoney.my\\\/articles\\\/no-second-casino\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.imoney.my\\\/articles\\\/no-second-casino\",\"name\":\"PM Anwar Says No To Second Casino\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.imoney.my\\\/articles\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.imoney.my\\\/articles\\\/no-second-casino#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.imoney.my\\\/articles\\\/no-second-casino#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.imoney.my\\\/articles\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/15121516\\\/pexels-grizzlybear-965879_1200x798.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-05-15T06:03:50+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.imoney.my\\\/articles\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c8b6d65e0078bab2c19286b8db39547a\"},\"description\":\"Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has given a resounding no to questions of whether there will be a second casino in Malaysia.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.imoney.my\\\/articles\\\/no-second-casino#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.imoney.my\\\/articles\\\/no-second-casino\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.imoney.my\\\/articles\\\/no-second-casino#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.imoney.my\\\/articles\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/15121516\\\/pexels-grizzlybear-965879_1200x798.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.imoney.my\\\/articles\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/15121516\\\/pexels-grizzlybear-965879_1200x798.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":798},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.imoney.my\\\/articles\\\/no-second-casino#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.imoney.my\\\/articles\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"News Updates\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.imoney.my\\\/articles\\\/category\\\/news-updates\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Anwar Ibrahim Says No To Second Casino Under His Administration\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.imoney.my\\\/articles\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.imoney.my\\\/articles\\\/\",\"name\":\"iMoney Malaysia\",\"description\":\"Everything you need to know about improving your personal finances.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.imoney.my\\\/articles\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.imoney.my\\\/articles\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c8b6d65e0078bab2c19286b8db39547a\",\"name\":\"Haziq Alfian\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/eaeaa191dc19ba7f00f54d7d1cf9dc7590a4a8743a7fd7ed950e0f63656ce8e2?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/eaeaa191dc19ba7f00f54d7d1cf9dc7590a4a8743a7fd7ed950e0f63656ce8e2?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/eaeaa191dc19ba7f00f54d7d1cf9dc7590a4a8743a7fd7ed950e0f63656ce8e2?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Haziq Alfian\"},\"description\":\"A reader turned writer, Haziq Alfian navigates personal finance, sports, and politics with a practical touch. From money matters to the playing field and political landscapes, Haziq aims at providing you with a grounded, unbiased, and simple look at the daily happenings of the world.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.imoney.my\\\/articles\\\/author\\\/haziq-alfian\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"PM Anwar Says No To Second Casino","description":"Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has given a resounding no to questions of whether there will be a second casino in Malaysia.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/no-second-casino","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"PM Anwar Says No To Second Casino","og_description":"Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has given a resounding no to questions of whether there will be a second casino in Malaysia.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/no-second-casino","og_site_name":"iMoney Malaysia","article_published_time":"2024-05-15T06:03:50+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":798,"url":"https:\/\/static.imoney.my\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/15121516\/pexels-grizzlybear-965879_1200x798.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Haziq Alfian","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Haziq Alfian","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/no-second-casino#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/no-second-casino"},"author":{"name":"Haziq Alfian","@id":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/#\/schema\/person\/c8b6d65e0078bab2c19286b8db39547a"},"headline":"Anwar Ibrahim Says No To Second Casino Under His Administration","datePublished":"2024-05-15T06:03:50+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/no-second-casino"},"wordCount":321,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/no-second-casino#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.imoney.my\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/15121516\/pexels-grizzlybear-965879_1200x798.jpg","keywords":["Anwar Ibrahim","berjaya corp","casino","forest city","genting"],"articleSection":["Economy","News Updates"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/no-second-casino#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/no-second-casino","url":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/no-second-casino","name":"PM Anwar Says No To Second Casino","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/no-second-casino#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/no-second-casino#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.imoney.my\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/15121516\/pexels-grizzlybear-965879_1200x798.jpg","datePublished":"2024-05-15T06:03:50+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/#\/schema\/person\/c8b6d65e0078bab2c19286b8db39547a"},"description":"Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has given a resounding no to questions of whether there will be a second casino in Malaysia.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/no-second-casino#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/no-second-casino"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/no-second-casino#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.imoney.my\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/15121516\/pexels-grizzlybear-965879_1200x798.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.imoney.my\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/15121516\/pexels-grizzlybear-965879_1200x798.jpg","width":1200,"height":798},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/no-second-casino#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"News Updates","item":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/category\/news-updates"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Anwar Ibrahim Says No To Second Casino Under His Administration"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/","name":"iMoney Malaysia","description":"Everything you need to know about improving your personal finances.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/#\/schema\/person\/c8b6d65e0078bab2c19286b8db39547a","name":"Haziq Alfian","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/eaeaa191dc19ba7f00f54d7d1cf9dc7590a4a8743a7fd7ed950e0f63656ce8e2?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/eaeaa191dc19ba7f00f54d7d1cf9dc7590a4a8743a7fd7ed950e0f63656ce8e2?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/eaeaa191dc19ba7f00f54d7d1cf9dc7590a4a8743a7fd7ed950e0f63656ce8e2?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Haziq Alfian"},"description":"A reader turned writer, Haziq Alfian navigates personal finance, sports, and politics with a practical touch. From money matters to the playing field and political landscapes, Haziq aims at providing you with a grounded, unbiased, and simple look at the daily happenings of the world.","url":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/author\/haziq-alfian"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63431"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63431\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63439,"href":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63431\/revisions\/63439"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}