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On Feb 16, a 46-year-old woman pleaded guilty to a charge of possessing six media boxes that allowed Astro’s content to be streamed illegally. — Bernama PETALING JAYA: Industry players are calling for stricter penalties against digital piracy, which they claim has caused the entertainment and media industry to suffer an estimated RM3bil loss annually. “The penalty for those who use media boxes loaded with unauthorised apps is too light,” said Zahrin Aris, the honorary secretary of the M...

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 23): The local entertainment and media industry is losing an estimated RM3 billion annually due to digital piracy, industry players said today. In a joint statement, they said digital piracy also deprives the government of RM500 million in tax revenue every year, and puts thousands of jobs at risk.

February 21, 2021 08:57:51 am Online news portal Malaysiakini was found guilty of contempt on Friday by the Federal Court of Malaysia on charges related to incendiary comments posted by readers which criticized several cordon sanitaire decisions by Malaysian judges. The charges were initiated by Attorney General Idrus Harun. His rationale behind the application was that the comments implied that the judicial branch has been engaging in corruption. Under the Malaysian Evidence Act 1950, Malaysi...

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 22): The Government of Malaysia Special Purpose Vehicle (GOMSPV) will be the entity to oversee the deployment of fifth generation (5G) infrastructure and network nationwide, said Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) chairman Dr Fadhlullah Suhaimi Abdul Malek.  He said GOMSPV will be licensed under the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 and subject to MCMC’s regulatory oversight.  “This single entity will manage the transition to 5G network which ...

KUALA LUMPUR: The Government of Malaysia Special Purpose Vehicle (GOMSPV) will be the entity to oversee the deployment of fifth generation (5G) infras...

SHAH ALAM: The founder of “Sugarbook”, a so-called sugar daddy dating platform, has been remanded for a week starting Thursday after the High Court overturned an earlier decision. The remand order was issued by High Court judge Justice Noorin Badaruddin following a revision petition by the Selangor prosecution’s office. A day earlier, a High Court deputy registrar, who was sitting as a magistrate declined to grant police the remand order. Justice Noorin issued the seven-day remand order a...

Sugarbook founder in remand for seven days 19 Feb 2021 / 13:20 H. Pix for representational purpose only. SHAH ALAM: The High Court today issued a remand order for seven days beginning yesterday against the founder of ‘Sugarbook’, a sugar daddy dating platform. The order was issued by judge Datuk Noorin Badaruddin following a review application by the Deputy Public Prosecutors’ Office after its application was rejected by the High Court deputy registrar yesterday. Judge Noorin issued ...

SHAH ALAM: Police moved in to rearrest a suspect over an alleged rape and prostitution case after having failed to obtain a remand order on the man, said to be the founder of Sugarbook, an online dating platform.

SHAH ALAM (Bernama): The High Court on Friday (Feb 19) issued a remand order for seven days beginning Thursday (Feb 18) against the founder of ‘Sugarbook’, a sugar daddy dating platform. The order was issued by judge Datuk Noorin Badaruddin following a review application by the Deputy Public Prosecutors’ Office after its application was rejected by the High Court deputy registrar on Thursday. Judge Noorin issued the seven-day remand order after the 34-year-old suspect agreed to be held in...

PETALING JAYA: Does sugar-babying amount to prostitution and raise questions of morality? theSun spoke to two parties yesterday who gave divided opini...