No let-up in action against illegal cybercafes

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Good day everyone. Today I will like to share the topic of illegal Internet Cafés. As the illegal Internet Cafés are increasing, the enforcement teams are strongly increasing their attention towards this issue.

According to the article from The Star online on Monday, July 20, 2009, the Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) is constantly carrying out operations and monitoring cyber cafes in the city. From January, the MBPJ has carried out 217 operations, where 173 premises were sealed and 120 were slapped with compounds.

According from the MBPJ public relations officer, Zainun Zakaria, she stated that the Internet Cafés should only operate on the ground floor and dark tinted glasses are not allowed to put on it. This is because police could not see clearly what is the activities happened in the Internet Café if the glasses are tinted black and can see the Internet Café easier on the ground floor then upper floor. So that the Internet Café will not has a chance to do the illegal activities such as online gambling and others.

For those Internet Cafés which operating the online gambling session, they usually used codes and closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras to allow regular customers to come in. “Like in other areas, there is a trend for gambling but sometimes it is difficult to identify,” she said, adding that the city council was working together with the police to tackle the problem.

Under the MBPJ, there are more than 100 licensed Internet Café and over 200 unlicensed Internet Café are operating the business. When they come under the Cyber Centre and Cyber Cafe Bylaw (MBPJ) 2007, Gambling in cyber cafes violates the regulation.

(Source of reference: No let-up in action against illegal cybercafes, accessed on 9th March 2010, URL: http://thestar.com.my/metro/story.asp?file=/2009/7/20/central/4301664&sec=central)

Have a nice day…
-david-