Foong Cheng Leong

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I am an advocate and solicitor of the High Court of Malaya and a registered trade mark, industrial designs and patent agent. I am also the author of the books, Compendium of Malaysian Intellectual Property Cases consisting of two (2) volumes, namely, trade marks and copyright and industrial designs, and Foong’s Malaysia Cyber, Electronic Evidence and Information Technology Law.

  • LegalTech Forum 2012 – Giving Your Practice a 21st Century Byte

    This is my slides for the topic “Social Media Marketing for Lawyers” presented at the LegalTech Forum 2012. To download, please here

  • Internet: Guilty until proven innocent

    Following from the forum “Section 114A Evidence Act: Crime-busting or Online Control?” organised by Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ), Selangor Times reported the following:- Writer: Basil Foo Published: Fri, 15 Jun 2012 KUALA LUMPUR: Internet users whose accounts are hacked into will be presumed guilty for unlawful online posts by the actual perpetrators under recent…

  • Lawyers: Act will result in more cautious Net users

    I was quoted in The Star’s recent article on the amendments of the Evidence Act 1950. PETALING JAYA: The newly-amended Evidence Act will potentially result in a wave of more cautious Internet users, say lawyers, as the onus is now on the person to prove they did not post or create offending material. If one…

  • WiFi providers caught between Evidence Act, DBKL

    Following from the forum “Section 114A Evidence Act: Crime-busting or Online Control?” organised by Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ), Malaysiakini reported the following:- WiFi providers caught between Evidence Act, DBKL By Koh Jun Lin Operators of the bigger Kuala Lumpur eateries might as well surrender to the authorities once Section 114(a) of the Evidence Act…

  • Podcast: Onus is on you to prove your cyber innocence

    I was interviewed by Malaysiakini in their podcast recently on the Evidence (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012. For our 15th Middle Malaysia podcast, we speak to Foong Cheng Leong, co-chair of the KL Bar IT Committee, about the new amendments to the Evidence Act. It was Foong who first broke the news about the new…

  • Lets Talk – Amendments To The Evidence Act 1950

    I was recently interviewed by The Malaysian Observer.TV (also known as www.mobtv.my), an internet TV portal. You can see the video below. The new amendments to the Evidence Act 1950 that Parliament passed in April might force an innocent party to show that he is not the publisher. Vicims of stolen identity or hacking would…

  • Public Forum – Section 114A Evidence Act: Crime-busting or Online Control?

    I will be speaking at the above event today. The Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ) is organising a public forum on the newly introduced Section 114(a) of the Evidence Act 1950 which has a huge impact on the average Internet user. Our panel of experts will discuss the amendment and its implication on online expression…

  • Registration of Copyright

    The Malaysian Copyright (Voluntary Notification) Regulations 2012 which provides for voluntarily notification of copyright is effective 1 June 2012. [Download: Copyright (Voluntary Notification) Regulations 2012]

  • Black day for Internet users

    I was quoted in an article by Centre for Policy Initiatives, a non-profit policy reform organisation regarding the Evidence Amendment (No.2) Bill 2012. The article was later published in the Malaysian Insider. The Evidence (Amendment) (No.2) Act 2012 will come into operation in a few days on June 1. The impact of this hastily and…

  • Amendment not justified, say groups

    I was quoted recently in an article by The Star entitled Amendment not justified, say groups regarding the Evidence Amendment (No.2) Bill 2012. PETALING JAYA: The amendment to the Evidence Act transfers the burden of proof to the accused, which is contrary to the principle of justice, said lawyers and Internet users. “At any trial,…