Just improve existing laws

WHILE the Government considers amending the law regulating Internet content in Malaysia to protect citizens from “slander” and “character assassination”, as said by Communications and Multimedia Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Salleh Said Keruak recently, it is crucial for us to know that there are already a number of laws to deal with these matters.

These include the Communi­cations and Multimedia Act 1998 (Act 588), Computer Crimes Act 1997 (Act 563), Sedition Act 1948 (Act 15), Defamation Act 1957 (Act 286) and Penal Code (Act 574).