Category: Social Media
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Bread & Kaya: 2018 Malaysia Cyber-law and IT Cases PT3 – Cyber-crimes and -offences
By Foong Cheng Leong May 3, 2019 IN THIS third of a four-part series, I will discuss cyber-crime cases and other cyber offences. Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 The establishment of Cyber Courts in the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court saw the growth of judgements relating to the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998. In Pendakwa Raya lwn Dato’…
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Tomorrow’s law today: More legal firms embracing tech than before
The FCL&Co Case Law Search App was featured in the The Star Newspaper. Another firm to have jumped on board the bandwagon is Foong Cheng Leong and Co with its FCL&CO Case Law Search app which catalogues some 12,000 cases. Unlike most law libraries, the app is free, making it a significant resource for boutique and single-owner…
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‘Hunt’ for critics of monarchy: So what does the law say about ‘doxing’?
I was interviewed by the Malay Mail regarding the issue of “doxing”. “Doxing” or “doxxing”, in my opinion, is the act of harvesting and publication of personal information of a person on the Internet often with the intention to, among others, annoy, harass, humiliate, insult, threaten, intimidate, or punish the identified individual. Such personal information…
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Cyber Laws Cases
I assisted the Bar Council Cyber Laws Committee to prepare this of cases relating to cyber laws. This list is taken from my draft manuscript for my next book “Information Technology and Cyber Laws of Malaysia“. This list is intended to assist practitioners and members of the public in understanding cyber laws and information technology laws…
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BFM Podcast: DO WE NEED ANTI-HATE SPEECH LAWS
Minister Gobind Singh Deo wants anti-hate speech laws that have a global reach, flowing a blogger’s racist remarks. Your browser does not support native audio, but you can download this MP3 to listen on your device.
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Getting ‘played’ over games
I was featured by The Star in their article “Getting ‘played’ over games“. I was asked to comment about online impersonation in Malaysia. Bar Council information technology and cyberlaw committee deputy chairman Foong Cheng Leong said somebody who impersonates another person online could be breaking the law if the actions fall within criminal activity. “For…
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Farewell for Justice Wong Kian Kheong
Farewell dinner with the members of Intellectual Property Bar for Justice Wong Kian Kheong who presided the Intellectual Property Court from 1st January 2016 to 31 August 2018. We compiled all his intellectual property judgments into a book which consisted of 2 volumes as his farewell gift. He had contributed to the development of our…
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History of Kuala Lumpur Bar
History of Kuala Lumpur Bar: The Story You Should Know The Beginnings The Kuala Lumpur Bar traces its roots to the Selangor Bar Association which was established in 1903. Prior to 1896, any legal cases regardless whether with large importance or complexity had to be commenced and carried out without legal assistance of any kind.…
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Bread & Kaya: 2017 Cyberlaw Cases Pt2 – viral content, Uber and appearance of an emoji
By Foong Cheng Leong Mar 29, 2018 – A video clip that was viewed 3 million times deemed to be the truth of an incident – Groupon has its day in court, twice with users not happy with merchants CARRYING off from where I left off in part one of my review of the interesting…
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Bread & Kaya: 2017 Cyberlaw Cases – WhatsApp Messages and Customs TAP
By Foong Cheng Leong Mar 26, 2018 Over 50 cyber related cases files in 2017 in Kuala Lumpur High Court 2017 had an interesting array of cyber related issues and laws. Facebook and other electronic platform defamation cases have become a norm. In the Kuala Lumpur High Court itself, there were 50 over cyber related…