Microsoft Urges Malaysia to Do More to Fight Software Piracy

Software piracy remains big business in Malaysia and the government must do more to fight the trade or risk stunting the growth of its computer industry, a Microsoft Corp. executive said. Large-scale manufacturing of pirated software discs was rampant and illegal operators still held the biggest share of the local market despite a recent government crackdown, said Butt Wai Choon, the managing director of Microsoft Malaysia.