Malaysia investigating tougher rules against illegal gambling
In Malaysia, Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has reportedly revealed that the government is considering whether to tighten the rules on illegal gambling due to a recent explosion in the use of mobile devices to access online casinos and other banned websites.
According to a report from the Free Malaysia Today newspaper, 64-year-old Hamidi is moreover the nation’s Home Minister and made his disclosure early last week during a National Transformation 2050 conference held at the Universiti Putra Malaysia in Serdang.
Hamidi reportedly explained that the nation’s top police officials had already met with Attorney General Mohamed Apandi Ali to consider ways of amending the Common Gaming Houses Act 1953 but were also co…