Obscene content sharing makes up majority of complaints received by MCMC, says deputy minister

KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 58 per cent or 1,631 of the 2,825 cases of misuse of communications services investigated by the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) from 2009 to Tuesday (Feb 28) were for the offence of sharing obscene content, the Dewan Rakyat was told on Wednesday (March 1).

Deputy Communications and Digital Minister Teo Nie Ching said there were also 546 cases related to disseminating offensive content, followed by inappropriate content (seven), false content (574), and threatening and lewd content (74).

"A total of 108 cases are still under investigation, 115 cases have been prosecuted, 40 cases were compounded with fines totalling RM138,250 and 84 cases were given a warning.

"All the cases were investigated under Section 233 (1) of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 (Act 588),” she said when replying to a question by Syahredzan Johan (PH-Bangi).

Teo said out of the total number of complaints received, 2,478 cases were classified as No Further Action (NFA) and/or No Offence Disclosed (NOD) because there was no solid evidence linking the suspects to the offence investigated under this section.- Bernama