Gobind: We need laws to regulate hate speech


  • Nation
  • Sunday, 30 Sep 2018

Gobind says he will take immediate action to rectify problems faced by broadband users.

KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): There is a need to push ahead for laws which regulate hate speech, says Communications and Multimedia Minister Gobind Singh Deo.

He said the law must also focus on more effective and efficient extra-territorial reach so as to facilitate the prosecution of persons who commit such offences from overseas here in Malaysia.

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