KUALA LUMPUR, May 24 — The Malaysian Muslim Youth Movement (Abim) today joined the growing number of opponents to the sports betting licence issued to Berjaya Group’s Ascot Sports Sdn Bhd, citing negative effects of gambling to Malaysians.
Abim president Muhamad Razak Idris urged the government to provide a public explanation as to why it has awarded a sports-betting licence and to review the World Cup 2010 betting licence amid public outcry.
Source: The Malaysian Insider.
Why? There may be lots of reasons and which only the Government could provide the satisfactory answers. I can think of one reason and that is the Government is desperate for fund.
Review on the subsidy for sugar could be next.
