A LANDMARK ruling by Malaysia’s Federal Court has led to a tour agent’s unsuccessful attempt to recover RM6.7 million (approximately US$1.5 million) in gambling-related debt from a businessman, affirming that gambling debts cannot be enforced under the country’s laws.
New Straits Times reported today, in a unanimous decision, a three-judge panel at the Federal Court, headed by Tan Sri Abdul Rahman Sebli, the Chief Judge of Sabah and Sarawak, concluded that the credit extended by the…