PUTRAJAYA: A businessman from Sarawak won his appeal at the Federal Court to set aside a tour agent’s counterclaim against him, which sought to recover gambling debts.
In a unanimous decision delivered yesterday, the three-judge panel led by Chief Judge of Sabah and Sarawak Tan Sri Abdul Rahman Sebli ruled that gaming and wagering contracts are deemed unlawful and gambling debts are not enforceable under Malaysian law.
Fellow Federal Court judge Datuk Nordin Hassan who read out the court’s judgment, said tour agent Ting Siu Hua’s counterclaim was to claim recovery of gambling debts from businessman Datuk Ting Ching Lee.
“It is undisputed that the credit lines and the rolling rebate were for the appellant (Ching Lee) to purchase…
