Foong Cheng Leong

Category: Social Media

  • Guidelines On Taxation of Electronic Commerce

    In early 2013, the Inland Revenue Board (IRB) of Malaysia’s issued a guideline on how income derived from e-commerce is to be taxed. This guideline seeks to provide some guidance on basic tax issues and income tax treatment in respect of electronic commerce (e-commerce) transactions. Notably, the IRB stated that a server / website itself…

  • Bread & Kaya: Liking a Facebook page and the law

    Bread & Kaya: Liking a Facebook page and the law Foong Cheng Leong Aug 14, 2014 – ‘Liking’ a page doesn’t necessary mean you agree with it – Using Sedition Act for what you ‘Like’ sets dangerous precedent THE recent report that Malaysian police are investigating a Penang teenager under the Sedition Act 1948 for…

  • Bread & Kaya: Cyberstalking, harassment 
 and road rage

    Bread & Kaya: Cyberstalking, harassment 
 and road rage Foong Cheng Leong Jul 17, 2014 – No specific Malaysian law that criminalises stalking or harassment – Singapore has enacted such laws, and Malaysia should follow suit THE recent case of a blogger complaining that she had been harassed and stalked by a fan got me…

  • Bread & Kaya: A look at Malaysian cyberlaw cases

    Bread & Kaya: A look at Malaysian cyberlaw cases Foong Cheng Leong Feb 17, 2014 – A summary of the plethora of Malaysian cases involving the online world in 2013 – The Government still needs to look at legislation to address many other issues Bread & Kaya by Foong Cheng Leong I HAVE been summarising…

  • Kuala Lumpur Bar Committee 2013 / 2014 & Malaysian Bar Ad Hoc Committee on Personal Data Protection

    I am pleased to announce that I have been elected as a committee member of the Kuala Lumpur Bar Committee for the year 2014 / 2015. I will be chairing the Kuala Lumpur Information Technology and Publications Committee. I am also appointed as a co-chairperson of the Malaysian Bar Ad Hoc Committee on Personal Data…

  • Commission denies blocking access to BBC’s ‘kangkung’ article

    I was quoted by Digital News Asia in the article “Commission denies blocking access to BBC’s ‘kangkung’ article” Commission denies blocking access to BBC’s ‘kangkung’ article JANUARY 16, 2014 The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has denied it had blocked access to a BBC report on Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s “kangkung” remark.…

  • Net censorship: BBC story on kangkung fiasco blocked?

    I was quoted in Digital News Asia’s article “Net censorship: BBC story on kangkung fiasco blocked? Net censorship: BBC story on kangkung fiasco blocked? Gabey Goh Jan 16, 2014 – Netizens report difficulty accessing BBC article on PM Najib’s kangkung calamity – Fears raised over violation of MSC Malaysia’s no-censorship of Internet guarantee NETIZENS in…

  • NEP Holdings fails in its patent infringement action

    The Plaintiff, NEP Holdings (Malaysia) Berhad sued the Defendant, C.K. Filtration Technology Sdn. Bhd for infringement of Malaysian Patent No. MY 142566-A (“MY 566 Patent”) entitled “Improvement in the Mechanism of Water Treatment System” by manufacturing, assembling, stocking, marketing, distributing, selling and offering for sale an infringing product known as CK KING FILTER which consists…

  • Bread & Kaya: The law and the Sweet Young Malaysian Girls blog

    The law and the Sweet Young Malaysian Girls blog Nov 29, 2013 – Netizens are riled up over the blog that posted pictures of young Malaysian girls, many of them minors – Determining which laws could be applied against the blogger in question is however a challenge Bread & Kaya by Foong Cheng Leong I…

  • Bread & Kaya: Sharing images of crime victims

    Bread & Kaya: Sharing images of crime victims Nov 01, 2013 – No doubt the dissemination of gruesome images is distasteful and disrespectful of victims and their families – However, when the MCMC cited legislation against it, the industry regulator may have been stretching it Bread & Kaya by Foong Cheng Leong IT was with…