SIBU: Assistant Minister for Youth and Sports Datuk Abdul Karim
Rahman Hamzah welcomed the news on the proposed amendment of the Common Gaming Houses Act 1953 to curb online gambling.
“However, I have yet to study this
proposed amendment and do hope it could curtail online gambling,” Abdul
Karim, who is Asajaya assemblyman, told The Borneo Post yesterday.
The assistant minister was commenting on the Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid
Hamidi’s recent statement that the Common Gaming Houses Act 1953 would
be amended to combat online gambling.
Meanwhile the Malaysian Crime Prevention Foundation (MCPF) senior vice-chairman Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye said the move to amend the Common Gaming Houses Act 1953 is long overdue as there is a need to add more bite to the Act with gambling becoming very sophisticated these days.
He also pointed out that there is a need to update the Act to cope with the technological advances as it is difficult to check and trace online gambling.
