Foong Cheng Leong

Tag: Communications and Multimedia Act 1998

  • Bread & Kaya: Are WhatsApp admins going to jail?

    Bread & Kaya: Are WhatsApp admins going to jail? By Foong Cheng Leong | May 02, 2017 – Two key elements in s. 233 are not fulfilled by a group chat admin – To use s. 114A to attach liability on a group chat admin is stretching s. it too far I REFER to the…

  • BFM Podcast: LANDMARK #4: FACEBOOK

    Subsequent to my update on the Malaysian 2016 cyberlaw cases, I was interviewed by BFM Radio to talk about general laws applicable to social media in Malaysia on 13 April 2017. I also covered the rules applicable to your digital data after your death and how to manage them in preparation of your death. Who…

  • Bread & Kaya: 2016 Cyberlaw cases – Cyber Court, Facebook fights and hacking

    SEPT 1, 2016 marks the commencement of Malaysia’s first Cyber Court. Consequently, pending cases relating to cybercrime such as PP v Mohd Zaid bin Ibrahim (for a charge under s. 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 for allegedly making an offensive statement while calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Najib Razak) was…

  • BFM Podcast: LANDMARK #3: INSULTS

    I was interviewed by BFM Radio to talk about online insults and the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 on 18 July 2016. Last month, a 76-year-old man was arrested by the police for allegedly posting an insulting picture in a Whatsapp group chat. The man, identified as Pa Ya in media reports, was arrested in…

  • Sarawak Report should sue MCMC for blocking site, say lawyers

    I was quoted by Malaysia Insider on their report “Sarawak Report should sue MCMC for blocking site, say lawyers” on 22 July 2015. The relevant extract is below. However, personal data protection expert and lawyer Foong Cheng Leong told The Malaysian Insider that none of the provisions in the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 explicitly…

  • Upcoming Event: Cyber Laws and Digital Forensics

    I will be speaking at this event on the 22nd of October 2014 on Taking Actions on Cyber Crime (Click on image for larger view)

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • GE13: Online campaigns get nasty

    I was quoted by The Star in their article “GE13: Online campaigns get nasty” on 12 April 2013. PETALING JAYA: Online campaigning has gone nasty in the run-up to the May 5 general election with cyber troopers from both sides of the political divide going beyond mudslinging at times. The fight tends to get ugly…