Last month, we have reported that a 19-year-old high-school student killed a taxi driver while recreating a scene from GTA in Thailand

One of the largest video game distributors in Asia has halted sales of the Grand Theft Auto IV in Thailand after a teenager confessed to robbing and murdering a taxi driver while trying to recreate a scene from the game.

New Era Interactive said it had sent a note to all of its Thai stores telling them to pull the game off the shelves after a 19-year old high-school student confessed to killing a taxi driver with a knife he bought at a local branch of Tesco.

Details Here.

Now, towards game-related crimes, Thailand government has banned five video games:Hitman,Hitman:Blood Money,300, Killer Seven and 50 Cent:Bulletproof

Game-related crime problems have already drawn close attention from the all Governments. In January, Brazil banned Counter-Strike and EverQuest to avoid violence (Details Here). What's your opinion of banning games? Is it a good method of aviod crime? feel free to leave a comment.

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