Kuala Lampur, Sept. 20 -- I refer to the article carried in Malaysiakini dated 19 September, 2020 titled "Putrajaya to decide on cyberbullying law soon" and wish to reiterate my stand that there is a great need for cyberbullying laws to be introduced soonest.
According to Tan Chuan Ou, Deputy Secretary General in the Ministry of Multimedia and Communication at the online launch of UNICEF's "Our Lives Online - Use of Social Media by Children and Adolescents in East Asia" he stated that "there was "no clear protocol" for reporting cyberbullying in Malaysia but opined that the Malaysian Penal Code and CMA were "enough" to deal with such incidents". I find this poor logic and as while admitting a lacuna on laws to criminalise cyberbullying, he...