{"id":1312,"date":"2016-08-22T12:14:23","date_gmt":"2016-08-22T12:14:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foongchengleong.com\/?p=1312"},"modified":"2024-06-24T07:24:33","modified_gmt":"2024-06-24T07:24:33","slug":"bfm-podcast-landmark-3-insults","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foongchengleong.com\/wp\/bfm-podcast-landmark-3-insults\/","title":{"rendered":"BFM Podcast: LANDMARK #16: INSULTS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I was interviewed by BFM Radio to talk about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bfm.my\/podcast\/bigger-picture\/live-and-learn\/foong-cheng-leong-landmarks-insults\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">online insults and the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998<\/a> on 18 July 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>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 Petaling Jaya, where he lives, and taken into custody for investigation, under Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998, in Johor. On this month\u2019s episode of Landmark, a series examining how the law shapes society as vice versa, lawyer Foong Cheng Leong explains what constitutes an insult and when it is considered an offense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/the-bigger-picture\/landmark-16-insults\/embed\" width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write\" frameborder=\"0\" title=\"Landmark #16: Insults\"><\/iframe><\/center>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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