KUALA LUMPUR: The government will examine the need for a future-proof new law to deal with cyberbullying incidents, the Dewan Rakyat was told on Thursday (July 18).
Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil said this law, among other things, needs to focus on changes in communication mediums in the future and to suit current needs.
He said this was one of the matters discussed in the Cyberbullying Issue Meeting which he and the Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Legal and Institutional Reform) Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said, Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail and Digital Minister Gobind Singh co-chaired, yesterday.
He said this in response to Ahmad Fadhli’s question about the government’s initiative in enacting specific laws involving cross-ministerial collaboration to deal with incidents of cyberbullying during the Minister’s Question Time.
According to him, among the existing laws related to cyber bullying are Sections 503 and 509 of the Penal Code, which are criminally intimidating offences and words or gestures intended to humiliate a person’s honour; as well as Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 which is improper use of network facilities or network services and others. – Bernama
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