CEBU – Police have asked public support to report online cockfighting as it crack down on the illegal game nationwide.
National
Police chief Gen. Rodolfo Azurin Jr. said they are also working closely with
the Department of Information and Communications Technology and the National
Telecommunications Commission to track down operators of online gambling.
“Because
of technology, everyone can just play and place their bet. Many lives are ruined
by this e-sabong and we are appealing to everyone not to patronize it because
it would only make us poorer. We just make the operators rich and the barangay
should help the PNP to put a stop to this,” he said.
Local
police also arrested dozens of people engaged in online cockfighting here and
charges have been filed against them for streaming the game in Talisay City,
Cebu City and Lapu-Lapu City.
The
operation of online cockfighting was suspended by the government last year
following the abduction of dozens of people linked to the game. Some of those
who abducted the men were policemen. (Christopher Lloyd Caliwan)
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