People’s well-being select committee recommends steps to address cybercrime

KUALA LUMPUR: The Dewan Negara’s Select Committee on People’s Well-being has recommended that existing laws be improved, or new laws be enacted, so that heavier punishments can be imposed against online fraud perpetrators (scammers).

Its chairman Senator Datuk Seri Mohamad Ali Mohamad said it involved the Penal Code; the Criminal Procedure Code; the Financial Services Act 2013; the Evidence Act 1950; the Computer Crimes Act 1997 and the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission Act 1998.