The constant availability of online gambling can be highly addictive, often leading to catastrophic consequences. An elderly man in Johor recently reached his breaking point after helping a youth who had become trapped in a cycle of online gambling.
He reached out to Marina Ibrahim, the Johor State Assemblywoman (ADUN) for Skudai, to share his predicament. According to the elderly man, he had previously helped the youth, out of the goodness of his heart, to settle debts with five different loan sharks and had even graciously allowed the young man to stay at his home.
The cycle repeats: Five new debts
Despite this assistance, the youth eventually trapped himself again, accumulating debts with five more loan sharks. The elderly man…