MCMC: Over 2,000 websites blocked for promoting online gambling


A file photo of a gambling raid conducted by police in Puchong, Selangor on March 10. MCMC said it has blocked over 2,000 website promoting online gambling. — MUHAMAD SHAHRIL ROSLI/The Star

PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commissions (MCMC) said it has blocked approximately 2,195 websites promoting online gambling as of March 2021.

MCMC in a statement dated April 21 said it acted upon official requests submitted by the Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) to block the websites for offences committed under the Common Gaming Houses Act 1953, as well as after it received information from members of the public.

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