PAS to lead anti-sports betting march on July 3
By Shazwan Mustafa Kamal
KOTA BARU, June 12 — PAS will mobilise Malaysians to join its “100,000 march” to the Istana Negara this July 3 in protest over the Najib administration’s legalisation of sports betting.
By Shazwan Mustafa Kamal
KOTA BARU, June 12 — PAS will mobilise Malaysians to join its “100,000 march” to the Istana Negara this July 3 in protest over the Najib administration’s legalisation of sports betting.
The party’s annual general meeting today saw a motion unanimously passed in favour of PAS’ tough stance on sports betting.Grab a Celcom Blue Bear(TM) and stand to walk away with RM10,000!
The motion was tabled by the Islamist’s party’s youth wing to “pressure the Malaysian government to abolish sports betting, tighten laws against betting as well as educate Malaysians to reject betting.”
“The party has put forth the motion to urge the PAS central committee to mobilise all Malaysians to come to the 100 thousand March to abolish sports betting on Saturday, July 3 in Kuala Lumpur to hand over a memorandum to the Yang Di-Pertuan Agong,” said Ahmad Fadli Shaari, a PAS Youth delegate.
Ahmad Fadli said that PAS has to continue and persevere in its condemnation of sports betting because it will have “direct repercussions” on a younger generation of Malaysians.
He claimed that sports betting could also affect and cause the deterioration of the quality of national sports.
“We are aware that the Malaysian government have long legalised sports betting and are now in the process of awarding the licence to Ascot Sports Sdn Bhd.
“Sports betting will affect the country, family, society as well as individuals,” said the PAS Youth member.
Tycoon Tan Sri Vincent Tan’s Ascot Sports Sdn Bhd has received approval for sports betting licence that was first issued in 1987.
His listed Berjaya Corporation Berhad (Bcorp) told Bursa Malaysia the full licence has yet to be issued pending the Finance Ministry’s full terms and conditions.
BCorp is to buy Tan’s 70 per cent stake in Ascot Sports for RM525 million which the tycoon pledged to his own charity, the Better Malaysia Foundation.
There was some confusion over the licence after Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak denied this week that the licence had been re-issued following the public uproar.
The Pakatan Rakyat-ruled (PR) states of Penang, Selangor and Kedah have declared they won’t issue licences for sports betting premises, dealing a blow to Tan’s plans to turn 220 out of 680 Sports Toto outlets into sports betting centres via phone betting in the second half of 2010.
The sports betting plan has proven to be another issue for PR to use against Najib’s Barisan Nasional (BN) which lost its traditional two-thirds parliamentary majority and four states in Election 2008.
Tan, who is close to the BN government, has argued legalised sports betting can bring in up to RM3 billion in taxes annually for the authorities as the business is worth some RM30 billion.
Malaysia now only allows a casino, turf clubs, jackpot machines and several numbers forecasting operators to operate in Malaysia. - TMI
The motion was tabled by the Islamist’s party’s youth wing to “pressure the Malaysian government to abolish sports betting, tighten laws against betting as well as educate Malaysians to reject betting.”
“The party has put forth the motion to urge the PAS central committee to mobilise all Malaysians to come to the 100 thousand March to abolish sports betting on Saturday, July 3 in Kuala Lumpur to hand over a memorandum to the Yang Di-Pertuan Agong,” said Ahmad Fadli Shaari, a PAS Youth delegate.
Ahmad Fadli said that PAS has to continue and persevere in its condemnation of sports betting because it will have “direct repercussions” on a younger generation of Malaysians.
He claimed that sports betting could also affect and cause the deterioration of the quality of national sports.
“We are aware that the Malaysian government have long legalised sports betting and are now in the process of awarding the licence to Ascot Sports Sdn Bhd.
“Sports betting will affect the country, family, society as well as individuals,” said the PAS Youth member.
Tycoon Tan Sri Vincent Tan’s Ascot Sports Sdn Bhd has received approval for sports betting licence that was first issued in 1987.
His listed Berjaya Corporation Berhad (Bcorp) told Bursa Malaysia the full licence has yet to be issued pending the Finance Ministry’s full terms and conditions.
BCorp is to buy Tan’s 70 per cent stake in Ascot Sports for RM525 million which the tycoon pledged to his own charity, the Better Malaysia Foundation.
There was some confusion over the licence after Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak denied this week that the licence had been re-issued following the public uproar.
The Pakatan Rakyat-ruled (PR) states of Penang, Selangor and Kedah have declared they won’t issue licences for sports betting premises, dealing a blow to Tan’s plans to turn 220 out of 680 Sports Toto outlets into sports betting centres via phone betting in the second half of 2010.
The sports betting plan has proven to be another issue for PR to use against Najib’s Barisan Nasional (BN) which lost its traditional two-thirds parliamentary majority and four states in Election 2008.
Tan, who is close to the BN government, has argued legalised sports betting can bring in up to RM3 billion in taxes annually for the authorities as the business is worth some RM30 billion.
Malaysia now only allows a casino, turf clubs, jackpot machines and several numbers forecasting operators to operate in Malaysia. - TMI
1 comment:
100,000 akan berarak ke istana negara! Untuk apa? Apa yang istana boleh buat? Buang masa aja!!!!!
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