Tag: Evidence (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2012
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Internet Blackout Day on Aug 14
I was briefly quoted by The Sun regarding Malaysia’s Internet Blackout Day. Posted on 8 August 2012 – 09:50pm Michelle Chun newsdesk@thesundaily.com PETALING JAYA (Aug 8, 2012): August 14 has been declared as Internet Blackout Day by the Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ). In a statement, CIJ said it is a bid against a recently…
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Siri Pemikiran Kritis | Section 114A of the Evidence Act 1950
I will be speaking at this event jointly organised by the Bar Council National Young Lawyers Committee, Malaysian Centre for Constitutionalism and Human Rights (“MCCHR”) and Centre for Independent Journalism (“CIJ”). Topic: Section 114A of the Evidence Act 1950 Date: 11 Aug 2012 (Saturday) Time: 10:00 am Venue: Raja Aziz Addruse Auditorium, First Floor, Bar…
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Date of Operation of Evidence (Amendment) (No. 2) 2012
The controversial Evidence (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2012, which places the presumption of publication on certain websites and internet users, is now in force effective from 31 July 2012. [Source: e-Federal Gazette]
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Evidence Act: An issue to be solved technically, not legally: MOL
I was briefly quoted in this article by Digital News Asia. Evidence Act: An issue to be solved technically, not legally: MOL Edwin YappJul 06, 2012 MOL Friendster Hotspots says tech should be used to address anonymity on the Net, not the law Changes to the controversial Malaysian Evidence Act do not affect network facilities…
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Changes to Evidence Act will ‘chill ICT growth’
In my effort to lobby for the withdrawal of the Evidence (Amedment) (No. 2) Act 2012, The Edge Daily reported the following:- Changes to Evidence Act will ‘chill ICT growth’ by theedgemalaysia.com on Thursday, 28 June 2012 09:00 KUALA LUMPUR: The recent amendments to the Evidence Act 1950 will have a “chilling effect” on the country’s development of…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…