PUTATAN 26th March, 2012: The Royal Malaysian Police have set up a special team to tackle the rising incidence of cyber crimes, Sabah Police Commissioner, DCP Dato Hamza Talib said yesterday.
“The team is constantly monitoring postings on the alternative media such as blogs and the internet,” he said.
“The team is working smoothly and if we find any wrongdoing committed under the Multimedia Act, we will refer it to the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) for investigation.
“But if it is a criminal offence, then the police will carry out a probe and we have already conducted investigations into several cases involving cyber crimes,” he said.
Hamza said this to reporters after attending a parade held at the Putatan District Council’s mini stadium here yesterday in conjunction with the 205th Police Day celebration.
Also present were the Chief Minister, Datuk Seri Musa Haji Aman; State Assembly Speaker, Datuk Salleh Tun Said and Deputy Chief Minister, Datuk Yahya Hussin.
Hamza also said the crime rate in the state had shown a decline over the last three consecutive years in line with the police’s set target to reduce crime.
“We have launched 55 initiatives specified by the government under the National Key Results Area (NKRA) including the ‘stop and talk’ and ‘community policing’ programmes to increase public awareness to reduce crime,” he said.
A total of 1,116 police rank and file attended the parade.
Meanwhile, Musa has called on the people in the state to work closely with the police in combating crime.
The cooperation and good relationship between members of the public and the security forces particularly the police will go a long way towards reducing the crime rate in the state, he said.
“I urge the people to continue giving their cooperation to the police so that together we can deal with any crime in the state,” Musa said.
He told reporters that the police force was faced with increased challenges and thus cooperation from the public was important to fight crimes including cyber crimes.
“With the public providing vital information to the police force, it will be able to carry out its responsibility of keeping law and order more effectively,” Musa said.
“The question of maintaining safety does not rest on the shoulders of the police alone, the people too play a complementary role in combating crime,” he added.
The Chief Minister praised the police force for its high level of commitment in discharging its responsibility of safeguarding peace and security in the country.
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PDRM sentiasa berusaha tangani jenayah siber
pihak polis telahpun menubuhkan satu pasukan khas untuk menangani jenayah siber seterusnya memantau perkara- perkara yang dipaparkan mela- lui media alternatif seperti blog dan internet.
Pesurujaya Polis Sabah DCP Dato Hamza Taib
Good job to the PDRM in combating cyber crimes, many people are unaware that cyber crimes are also a serious offense, therefore they did not think to report it or they do not think they are doing wrong. Hope that cyber crimes can be reduced.
BalasPadamThe Malaysian law enforcers should set up a cyber law to protect citizens from cyber crimes, as well as ensure that awareness of this so that the people more are careful when using the Internet.
BalasPadamInternet is a very powerful media of communication. It could be very damaging if the wrong messages are put through esp. those which will affect the security of the state or country.
BalasPadamDo use them wisely.
Ada juga golongan yang tidak bertanggung jawab yang menggunakan kemudahan untuk memenuhi keperluan sendiri.
BalasPadamAgenda peribadi yang menjurus kepada jenayah hanya merugikan diri sendiri.
Padampihak polis telahpun menubuhkan satu pasukan khas untuk menangani jenayah siber seterusnya memantau perkara- perkara yang dipaparkan mela- lui media alternatif seperti blog dan internet.
BalasPadamPihak berkuasa harus menjalankan tugas.
menghapuskan jenayah adalah tanggung jawab semua golongan juga.
BalasPadamJika kemudahan internet tidak digunakan dengan wajar, buruk akibatnya.
BalasPadamKemudahan internet harus digunakan untuk kebaikan sejagat bukan untuk jenayah.
PadamMeanwhile, Musa has called on the people in the state to work closely with the police in combating crime.
BalasPadamHope the people support and cooperate to reduce criminal in the country.
Bagus kalau macam begitu. mudaha2an kadar jenayah siber dapat dikawal.
BalasPadamjenayah siber harus dibanteras sepenuhnya.
BalasPadamJenayah Cyber semakin membimbangkan. Harap pihak polis akan dapat mengesan mereka ini untuk dibenteras.
BalasPadamjangan pula jenayah cyber saja yang ditumpukan.. jenayah luar cyber juga perlu diambil perhatian dan diberi keutamaan..
BalasPadamUp until the 11th of June 2011, Internet content was officially uncensored, and civil liberties assured, though on numerous occasions the government has been accused of filtering politically sensitive sites.
BalasPadamAny act that curbs internet freedom is theoretically contrary to the Multimedia Act signed by the government of Malaysia in the 1990s.
BalasPadamHowever, pervasive state controls on traditional media spill over to the Internet at times, leading to self-censorship and reports that the state investigates and harasses bloggers and cyber-dissidents.
BalasPadamThe OpenNet Initiative found no evidence of Internet filtering in Malaysia in the political, social, conflict/security, and Internet tools areas in May 2007, and is on the Reporters Without Borders 2011 list of countries under surveillance.
BalasPadamPrime Ministers Abdullah Badawi and Najib Razak, on many occasions, have pledged that Internet access in Malaysia will not be censored and that it is up to parents to install their own censorship software and provide education to their children (provide self-censorship).
BalasPadamThe ISPs also actively deny that there are Internet filters in place when asked. However, the Communications Minister has occasionally announced that they are working on a nationwide filter, but each time such an announcement is made the Prime Minister makes a rebuttal to emphasize that there will be no Internet censorship.
BalasPadamThe state ministries of Terengganu and Kelantan have also announced that they have statewide filters in place in their respective states.
BalasPadamIn 2006 Deputy Science and Technology Minister Kong Cho Ha announced that all Malaysian news blogs will have to be registered with the Ministry of Information. He justified this by stating the law was necessary to dissuade bloggers from promoting disorder in Malaysia's multi-ethnic society.
BalasPadamWikiLeaks, the popular whistle-blowing site, has also been blocked by the Malaysian ISPs. Trying to access countries under categories brings a 'Link is Broken' error message for the user.
BalasPadamHowever, in June 2011, the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission ordered the blocking of several websites including The Pirate Bay and several file-hosting websites, as well as peer-to-peer traffic, via a letter dated 30 May to all Malaysian ISPs for violating Section 41 of the Copyright Act 1987, which deals with pirated content.
BalasPadamThey later tried to add various other thinly-disguised excuses to justify the blockage, including accusing said sites of harboring viruses, and kept insisting that it is not censoring the internet despite said action being indeed internet censorship. Nevertheless, this led to the creation of a new Facebook page, "1M Malaysians Don't Want SKMM Block File Sharing Website" which gained many Likes.
BalasPadamThe blockage has had various negative consequences in the country. News of the censorship spread around, prompting hacker group Anonymous to launch a DDoS attack codenamed "Operation Malaysia".
BalasPadamOnly minor disturbance of several government websites were observed although most were due to the servers being shut down in anticipation of the attack.
BalasPadamThis action can be considered as a public outcry towards the pledge of the government that the Internet will not be censored since most of the hackers were Malaysian.
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