Tag: Bread & Kaya
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Bread & Kaya: 2018 Malaysia Cyber-Law And IT Cases – Fake News, Private Information & Instant Messaging
THE change of Government after the 14th General Election saw changes to our sphere of cyber and IT laws. The new Government withdrew numerous charges under s.233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998, especially against those who had allegedly spoke against the previous Government. The Anti-Fake News Act 2018 that was introduced before the 14th…
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Bread & Kaya: Layperson’s guide to the Chatime v Tealive dispute
-By Foong Cheng Leong | Jul 17, 2018 – Trouble started brewing when La Kaffa alleged that Loob had breached RERA – Case began in the High Court, went to the Court of Appeal, pending a hearing at the Federal Court MUCH has been said about the dispute between the owners of the Chatime and…
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Bread & Kaya: Dear Attorney General Tommy Thomas, we need to speak about our Malaysia cyberlaw and IT laws reforms
By Foong Cheng Leong | Jun 22, 2018 – Act is clearly against the very fundamental principal of “innocent until proven guilty” – Need law to curb creation of fake news, especially if created to stoke racial or religious sentiments Repeal of 114A of Evidence Act 1950 WHEN s. 114A was introduced in the Parliament…
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Bread & Kaya: 2017 Cyberlaw cases Pt3 – sexual offences against children and computer crimes
By Foong Cheng Leong | Mar 30, 2018– Sending death threats using someone else’s mobile phone is not OK– 2018 will mark interesting year for cyber related cases including Uber driver suing Uber THE first statute in Malaysia to use the term “social media” is part of the law designed to protect children against sexual…
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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…
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Bread & Kaya: Malaysian cyberlaw updates in 2015
By Foong Cheng Leong | Apr 04, 2016 – New, complex cases emerged, and Parliament enacted new laws – With the advent of the TPPA, we can expect more changes IN 2015, industry regulator the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) reported that 10 people were convicted of offences under Section 233 of the Communications…