Online game leading to suicide has reportedly claimed 150 lives


PIC FOR REPORTER: The Consumer Association of Penang urges Ministry of Health to ban energy drinks containing high level of caffeine as it is capable of causing deaths when abuse says President S.M. Mohamed Idris during a press conference.Star Pic by: ZAINUDIN AHAD / The Star / 10 AUG 2017

GEORGE TOWN: The Communications and Multimedia Ministry and other authorities should ban online game ‘Blue Whale’ in Malaysia, said the Consumers Association of Penang.

CAP president S.M. Mohamed Idris (pic) said the game, founded in 2013 by a Russian, had apparently claimed more than 150 victims through suicide all over the world.

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