KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 27 — The Federal Court has ruled that gambling debts are not legally enforceable in Malaysia as betting is a vice.
According to Free Malaysia Today, a panel at the apex court unanimously noted that the government has consistently opposed gambling in Parliament, citing its lack of public benefit.
Justice Datuk Nordin Hassan, who chaired the panel, said this was patent from laws such as Sections 24 and 31(1) of the Contracts Act 1950 and Section 26 of the Civil Law Act 1956.
“Public perception of gambling is also without doubt that such activities are something bad and should be discouraged. Thus, gambling activities and their transactions are against public policy,” he was…
