The deputy commissioner of police for the Malaysian province of Sibu, Datuk Dr Chai King Chun, told a press conference that online gambling in the region had been “wiped out”, reports The Star Online.

Sibu crackdown

Chai had earlier performed a symbolic ceremony (pictured) to destroy nearly a thousand computers seized in Sibu in 2013 and to date in 2014.

He added that 11,724 computers had been seized throughout the state and 2,697 people had been arrested.