Stamping out stalkers and spycams


KUALA LUMPUR: Stalkers and those who place hidden cameras to record their victims can be slapped with a three-year jail term under amendments passed by the Dewan Rakyat.

The punishment comes under a new Section 507A in the Penal Code, which makes both physical and online stalking an offence.

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