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Don’t panic, Malaysians! The govt isn’t taking your internet away
KUALA LUMPUR, July 30 — When the Malaysian Communications & Multimedia Commission (MCMC) announced it would require internet messaging services and social media sites to be licensed, Malaysians flooded the internet with objections and trepidations. A lot of the responses
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Umno leader says PAS knows Gerakan won’t quit over vernacular school row
KUALA LUMPUR, July 30 — The PAS and Gerakan argument over funding for vernacular schools is purely political theatre, Umno’s Datuk Puad Zarkashi claimed today. The Umno supreme council member said the two Perikatan Nasional parties were playing off each
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Social media licence targets online crime, safeguards freedom of speech
PUTRAJAYA, July 30 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim today said the new regulations for social media and internet messaging services will not curb freedom of speech in Malaysia. Instead, he reaffirmed that it is to tackle the spread
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Penang cops arrest four men over Bukit Mertajam brawl, firearms and ammo seized
GEORGE TOWN, July 29 — Several firearms, including imitation ones, were seized by the police following the arrest of four men in connection with a fight that broke out in Bukit Mertajam last month (June 13). Penang Police Chief Datuk
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Judge overrules coroner’s court, finds navy cadet Soosaimanicckam’s death to be homicide
KUALA LUMPUR, July 29 — Naval cadet officer J. Soosaimanicckam’s death from an oedema in 2018 was the result of homicide, the High Court found today in overturning a coroner’s court inconclusive findings during the death inquest. Justice Datuk Abdul
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Investor loses RM700,000 award against Luno after crypto firm wins appeal
KUALA LUMPUR, July 29 — Cryptocurrency investment platform Luno Malaysia Sdn Bhd (Luno) won its appeal today against a court ruling that gave a Malaysian man RM700,000 for allegedly unauthorised trades on his account. According to The Edge Malaysia, the
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Digital minister proposes Data Commission to enhance Malaysia’s data centre market and security
KUALA LUMPUR, July 29 — The Digital Ministry proposes to establish a Malaysian Data Commission to enable adequate frameworks and policies to be developed to protect people’s data and promote the use of data centres in the country. Digital Minister
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Licensing to make social media platforms answer for rampant cybercrime
GEORGE TOWN, July 29 — Licensing under the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 is to hold all social media platform providers accountable, tighten standard operating procedures and curb cyber crimes, said Deputy Communications Minister Teo Nie Ching. She that this
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Coroner’s Court indefinitely postpones ruling on K Roopan custodial death
KUALA LUMPUR, July 29 — The Coroner’s Court did not deliver a ruling today for the inquest into the custodial death of K. Roopan, instead postponing it to a later time. According to Free Malaysia Today, lawyer T. Shashi Devan
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Gobind vows MCMC will keep second network’s 5G prices under control
KUALA LUMPUR, July 29 — The government, via the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC), will ensure that the price of 5G under the second network remains at the existing rate, said Digital Minister Gobind Singh Deo. He said the
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