The Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM), Attorney-General Chambers (AGC) and the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) will take prompt action to strengthen and coordinate all aspects of investigation and prosecution in cases of cybercrimes.
Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil said this was among the matters finalised at the Cabinet meeting in Putrajaya on Wednesday (July 24).
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Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil said this was among the matters finalised at the Cabinet meeting in Putrajaya on Wednesday (July 24).
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00:00The PM's meeting today has received instructions and views from the PDRM, MCMC, and the Ministry of State
00:13regarding an issue that is quite important today that we see needs to be addressed immediately and firmly,
00:22namely online crime, especially those involving social media and the online messaging system.
00:33The PM has been informed that among the three things that most affect the Malaysian people,
00:41online crime, are scams, cyberbullying, and sexual crimes against children, especially paedophilia.
00:55These three threats to the safety of the Malaysian people are things that we see cannot be allowed to be resolved.
01:05This is one of the reasons why in the past few days, MCMC has issued instructions to a number of platforms
01:19to provide feedback on the issues that I mentioned earlier.
01:27Each platform has a different level of compliance rate.
01:34Some are more than adequate, some are not adequate at all, or are too late to respond to the authorities.
01:50For example, Facebook, which has around 26.5 million registered users in Malaysia,
02:00has a compliance rate of around 85%.
02:05Instagram has a compliance rate of around 88%, and WhatsApp has a compliance rate of 79%.
02:13This means that overall, Meta is one of the most compliant platforms in our country,
02:24with a compliance rate between 79% and 88%.
02:32TikTok has a compliance rate of only 76%, Telegram has a compliance rate of 63%,
02:39and last in class is Twitter, which has a compliance rate of only 25%.
02:48Each of these platforms has a crime problem in its content or content that can endanger the safety of the people.
03:02For example, one of the biggest problems with Facebook is the problem of scams.
03:09Based on the investigation by the JSJK,
03:16the overall damage from online scams on Facebook, for example,
03:27there are a number of different types of scams,
03:33but between 8 million, for example, for a love scam,
03:38up to 132 million ringgit for non-existent investment,
03:44which is managed through Facebook.
03:47132 million ringgit.
03:51And these are just the figures for the first half of this year, from January to June.
03:59On Facebook alone, we can see between 8 million and 132 million ringgit.
04:10This means that the biggest problem with Facebook is how this platform continues to be misused
04:17by a number of criminals to force Malaysians to steal our savings through scams.
04:29If we look at platforms like TikTok,
04:33one of the biggest problems involves cyberbullying
04:37and the use of fake accounts for scams or cyberbullying.
04:47If we look at Telegram, for example,
04:53it is known that one of the problems is the problem of scams,
05:00gambling in the internet,
05:02personal and sensitive information sharing,
05:06piracy of movies,
05:10sharing of movies,
05:13videos that are owned by others.
05:19As an example, Astro once revealed how certain channels exist
05:24to watch episodes that are broadcast and broadcast on Astro.
05:31So Telegram, we see, does not take any action,
05:36or is too late and too slow to take any action on the matter.
05:44If we look at Twitter, cyberbullying,
05:50and now the issue of pornography.
05:55So the result of these three problems in general,
06:02scams, cyberbullying,
06:05and also sexual crimes against children,
06:08including pedophilia,
06:11leave a very negative impact on the people,
06:15especially on the victims,
06:17and leave a negative impact on their mental health
06:23and other problems.
06:27This is one of the reasons why in today's ministerial meeting,
06:31we decided that the PDRM,
06:34the State Prosecutor's Office,
06:36and the MCMC will investigate and take immediate action
06:40to investigate and investigate the investigation
06:49as well as the prosecution,
06:51including the issue of online crime, cyber crime.