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Malaysian police said it had acted in accordance with the law when arresting two teenagers linked to a viral TikTok video where they complained about a secondary school history exam paper. In the video, one of the teens used vulgarities to criticise those who had set the questions and mocked Singapore, saying the Republic is "nothing but a kampung". Hulu...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 27 — A plantation worker was fined RM6,500, in default six months in jail, by the Sessions Court here today for improper use of the network facilities by...

KUALA LUMPUR: A plantation worker was fined RM6,500, in default six months jail by the Sessions Court here for improper use of network facilities by sending offensive communications involving the Yang di-Pertuan Agong on his Facebook page in December last year.

PETALING JAYA, Feb 26 — The Communications and Digital Ministry is studying whether the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 (CMA) should be amended to bring it in line with...

The Online Citizen Asia Southeast Asian lawmakers urge Malaysia to repeal repressive laws criminalizing government critics Civil Society

35 fake news cases investigated in January compared to 48 incidences in all of 2022.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 26 — Human rights group Lawyers for Liberty (LFL) today slammed the arrest of two schoolboys for “ridiculing the SPM history paper”. Director Zaid Malek...

'There's a need to revisit certain laws to provide better protection.'

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 26 — Youth civil society organisation Undi18 today slammed the heavy-handed arrest of two 18-year-olds for a viral video allegedly insulting the SPM history...

PETALING JAYA: The Communications and Digital Ministry is studying whether the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 (CMA) should be amended to bring it in line with efforts to set up a special police team to combat child pornography.