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.

  • 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…

  • Business Development for Young Lawyers on 31 July 2015

    I presented a seminar on business development for young lawyers. It was attended by 30 lawyers, chambering students and law students. I spoke about the concept of generating and converting leads, tips on having a successful networking conference, building your own database and online marketing. After my talk, we had a group discussion by the…

  • Public Consultation Paper No. 1/2015: PROPOSED STANDARD PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION  

    On 1 July 2015, the Personal Data Protection Commissioner published the Public Consultation Paper No. 1/2015. This consultation paper is intended to solicit feedback from the data users and data subjects relating to their understanding of the personal data protection. In order to make the Standard for Personal Data Protection a reliable reference document, the…

  • PDC Seminar on Business Development for Young Lawyers on 31 July 2015

    As part of its Professional Development Programme, the KLBC Professional Development Committee (PDC) is pleased to present the above Seminar by Foong Cheng Leong on 31 July 2015 (Friday) from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm at the KL Bar Auditorium, 4th Floor Wisma Hangsam, No 1, Jalan Hang Lekir, 50000 Kuala Lumpur. Areas to be…

  • Malaysia amends law to hold publishers responsible for user comments

    I was recently interviewed by PRWeek Asia regarding my views of the amendments of the Sedition Act 1948. My email interview is as follows:- What power do these amendments give the Malaysian government against the tech giants? Foong: Our laws may not reach foreign tech giants. However, with the new amendments to the Sedition Act…

  • Bread & Kaya: How the ‘new’ Sedition Act affects netizens

    Bread & Kaya: How the ‘new’ Sedition Act affects netizens By Foong Cheng Leong Apr 08, 2015 – As with Section 114A, website hosts and FB page owners can be held liable – Particularly thorny are comments left by others on your portal BY the time you read this article, the Sedition (Amendment) Bill 2015…

  • BFM Podcast: Suing Illegal Downloaders

    I was interviewed by BFM Radio to talk about illegal downloading of music, songs etc by internet users on 13 April 2015. The makers of Dallas Buyers Club, the award winning movie starring Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto, have been aggressively going after online pirates in the United States, Australia and now, Singapore. What set…

  • Bread & Kaya: Malaysian cyberlaw cases in 2014

    2014 was another interesting year in cyberspace for Malaysia’s legal fraternity. Numerous sedition investigations and charges were made against statements made online and offline. Notably, Twitter user @wonghoicheng was charged under Section 504 of the Penal Code and Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 for “deliberately humiliating and provoking” Inspector-General of Police…

  • Report on RWY Sports Law Conference 2014

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  • Exploring the Digital Landscape in Malaysia

    I’ve been provided with a report by UNICEF Malaysia entitled “Exploring the Digital Landscape in Malaysia”. It has quiet a bit of interesting facts and figures. Some of them are:- 1. One study based on data collected in 2010 and entitled Young people and New Media—Social uses, Social shapings and Social consequences, 50.5 per cent…