Blocked websites in Malaysia reaches 399

Malaysia continues its war against websites, including online gambling sites, the country has deemed illegal. On Friday, the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) announced that it has blocked access to 399 websites up until February 2015.

Twenty two of the 399 sites were investigated, and according to Communications and Multimedia Minister Salleh Said Keruak was quoted by the Malaysia Kini saying they found the sites “have misused the Internet and new media.”

“Among the websites blocked include online gambling, scams, prostitution, and websites that contain obscene, lewd, false content and others,” the minister said, according to the news outlet.

Critics believed that sites should be put to trial before they were blocked, but the minister asserted that “the commission can’t afford to wait for a court decision before blocking websites,” some of which they claimed were “detrimental to society.”