Crackdown on vs illegal e-sabong operators

(UPDATE) THE Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has directed the Philippine National Police (PNP), as well as local government units (LGUs) nationwide to shut down online cockfighting (e-sabong) operations following reports that several operators were defying President Rodrigo Duterte's directive to stop.

"DILG Secretary Eduardo M. Año has directed the PNP Directorate for Operations, the PNP Anti-Cybercrime Group and all PNP units nationwide to put a stop to these illegal e-sabong operations that reportedly sprouted after the President shut down the Pagcor-licensed operators," Interior Undersecretary Jonathan Malaya said in a statement Saturday. Pagcor is the Philippine Amusement Gaming Corp.