MCMC sets up complaints bureau to tackle Internet misuse
Posted on October 23, 2012, Tuesday
Sabah Assistant Minister of Resource Development and Information Technology Datuk Jainab Ahmad Ayid said the MCMC continues to monitor and take legal action under Section 211 and 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998.
“Besides that, any individual defamed or shamed can take civil action in court by suing the alleged social network involved,” she said in reply to a question from Abd Muis Picho (Umno-Sebatik) at the state assembly, here yesterday.
Jainab said all network content, including social content on the Internet, was subjected to the country’s laws such as the Sedition Act 1948, Penal Code, Defamation Act 1957, Internal Security Act 1960 and the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998.
She said the state government has created the website InsightSabah to promote Sabah through articles based on facts and statistics on the state government.
“The website also provides information pertaining to government agenda involving development, economy, social, politics and more,” she said. — Bernama
AVCF got all the money to do this..
ReplyDeleteEx-Sabah AG sues two social activists
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| October 24, 2012
Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) panelist seeks RM50million in defamation suit against Sabah singer-activist Atama and a social activist.
KOTA KINABALU: Former state attorney-general Herman Luping has filed a RM50 million defamation suit against popular local rapper Atama (photo) and a social activist.
Luping, recently appointed a member of the Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) on illegal immigrants in the state, named Atama whose real name is Andrew Ambrose and SM Muthu as first and second defendants in the suit filed to the High Court this week.
The former AG and deputy chief minister during the Usno era is seeking an injunction against the defendants restraining them from making defamatory remarks about him and an order to remove an offending article from FMT.
He is claiming punitive damages, statutory interest and other relief deemed fit by the court.
In his statement of claim, Luping said Atama, a musician and spokesman for Bersih Sabah and Muthu, an ex-civil servant turned social activist posted malicious statements against him on Twitter, Facebook and FMT.
According to Luping the article entitled ‘Luping appointment came under fire’, published by FMT on Aug 13 this year, had seriously injured his character and his reputation has been brought into scandal and hurt his feelings.
The statements made by the two, he said, were calculated to make negative and false inferences of him, namely that he could not be trusted, is not fit to be in the RCI, is dishonest with low integrity, not credible and a criminal.
He also claimed the the first defendant’s statements in Facebook and Twitter on Aug 12, 2012 were calculated to make negative and false inferences of him as a corrupt politician and a person who could not be trusted.
Luping said the second defendant also alluded to this same sentiment in his postings in Facebook.
The suit was filed through his lawyer Marcel Jude.
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Why AVCF so quiet for almost a year?