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14 December 2015
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Arrested: 15 students, including a male Korean student and a local female Muslim student. For gambling.
Some admitted to using their PTPTN loans to finance their gambling.
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15 College Students, Including A Muslim Female, Arrested For Gambling Using PTPTN Loans
- Published on Friday, 11 December 2015 12:18
Written by Teh Wei Soon
SUBANG JAYA: A group of college students, believed to be grappling with addiction and resorting to gambling using their National Higher Education Fund (PTPTN) education loans have been detained by the police in a gambling raid at a restaurant near Jalan PJS 11/9, Bandar Sunway yesterday, China Press reports.
According to the report, a total of 15 female and male students, aged between 18 and 27 years old, were arrested for poker gambling.
A male Korean student and a local female Muslim student were among those rounded up by the police in the 8:30pm raid.
According to sources, initial investigations following a tip-off have revealed that the premise is used as a place by college students in the immediate vicinity for illegal gambling.
The daily also reported that the gambling dens were packed with students and has been in operation since last October in which its primary target customers are college students.
“Upon interrogation, some of the college students admitted resorting to gambling using their PTPTN loans. Some others have been found to be grappling with addiction and often frequent the premise.
“On average, each of them will spend RM50 to RM150 per visit and if they win, the money would be used as pocket money for their daily expenses,” the sources stated.
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Star
Saturday, 14 December 2013
Gambling using their PTPTN loans
LOCAL university students have been found to be grappling with addiction and resorting to gambling using their PTPTN education loans in the hope that they could get high returns from the slot machines, reported Harian Metro.
The gambling activities among the students are reported to be rampant due to an increase of gambling slot machines outlets near the students’ housing area in Taman Cempaka and Rokam in Ipoh.
A check found that at least five Internet cafes had hundreds of such machines.
The two most famous machines were the Funky Monkey and the Kimochi.
The gambling dens were packed with students especially during school holidays.
A 21-year-old student, who wanted to be known as Bob, said he was addicted and he did not feel guilty using his PTPTN loan to gamble as others were also doing the same.
“Many students love the Funky Monkey game as they only pay RM1 and if they are lucky, they could win as much as RM800. As for Kimochi, you pay RM10 and the return could be thousands of ringgit,” he said.
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