MCMC to call up couple to give statement for insulting Ramadan: Jailani

The Deputy Minister of Communications and Multimedia, Datuk Jailani Johari.

The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) will call up the couple who humiliated the Islamic month of Ramadan by uploading in their facebook website a photograph of a dish that touched the sensitivitiy of Islam in the country.


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Bung Mokhtar chides MCMC for failing to control social media

A government backbencher today expressed disappointment over the failure of the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) to control social media, describing it as a toothless tiger.

Datuk Bung Mokhtar Radin (BN-Kinabatangan) said the weakness of its system and enforcement of the law resulted in people with vested interest taking advantage of the situation by using social media to disrupt harmony in the country.

"Hence, the time has come for the government to formulate a tougher law so that misuse of the social media can be checked.

"I am very disappointed with the MCMC for failing to control social media. So, I feel compelled to debate on MCMC as it is like a toothless tiger.

"And I also agree with the proposal of setting up a special court to hear cases involving cyber offences," he said in reference to the proposal made by Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing (BN-Bintulu) during the debate on the royal address in the Dewan Rakyat today.

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Popular website operator in trouble

The operator of popular website www.jiwang.org (JWG), who allegedly reaped hundreds of thousands of ringgit since 1997 by offering illegally downloaded and uploaded Malay songs, was detained by an enforcement team from the Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Ministry in Kelantan recently.

The ministry's enforcement director Mohd Roslan Mahayudin said the 35-year-old man was arrested after the team raided his house in Kubang Kerian, Kota Baru, on June 11.

According to Roslan the operator had gained money from advertising services and contributions from JWG members. "He admitted earning as much as RM10,000 per month in 2006 but his earnings have now dropped to RM1,500 after competitors used the same modus operandi," Roslan told reporters in Putrajaya today.

The enforcement team also seized information and communication technology (ICT) equipment worth RM30,000. The the man has been released on police bail.

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