00:00Secondly, I have given an update and a statement to the Ministers and the Ministerial Government
00:11regarding the status of cyberbullying.
00:16This is related to a recent incident where a 29-year-old woman,
00:25Rajeswari, the daughter of Apahu, was believed to have committed suicide
00:30as a result of being bullied in a TikTok session.
00:34Not at all, but it is understood that there may be a series of such incidents.
00:40That matter is being investigated by the authorities.
00:42Therefore, we hand it over to the Ministry of Home Affairs.
00:45However, I have made a meeting with the Minister at the Ministry of Justice,
00:52the Minister of Law and Reformation, Datuk Sri Azalina,
00:55a representative from the Ministry of Digital, Datuk Wilson,
01:00the Deputy Minister of Digital,
01:02a representative from the Ministry of Home Affairs,
01:05the Department of State Prosecutors,
01:08and the Department of Criminal Investigation, Bukit Aman.
01:12I have informed the Ministers that there are three main steps that will be taken.
01:19The first step is to investigate the changes in the existing laws,
01:24including the Penal Code, the Communications and Multimedia Act,
01:32as well as several other laws.
01:34Meanwhile, the Ministry will also investigate
01:40if there is a need to create a new act,
01:44specifically for cyberbullying.
01:46For your information,
01:48a cyberbullying survey has been conducted,
01:55but it has not been continued by the previous government.
02:00I have received feedback from the Ministry of Communications,
02:04that the report is there and we will investigate it again.
02:11We will see if it is appropriate for us to bring it back to the Parliament
02:16or if it needs to be improved.
02:18The second step involves the management aspect,
02:22which is the smooth connection between the Ministry of Communications
02:29and the Ministry of Home Affairs
02:31to ensure that the issues faced by the people,
02:35where sometimes the complainants will go to the police station
02:40to file a police report,
02:42then they are asked to file a report at the Ministry of Communications
02:45and the Ministry of Home Affairs asks them to file a police report
02:48and the process is repeated.
02:50This issue has been identified and the Ministry of Communications
02:53and the Ministry of Home Affairs,
02:54especially the Criminal Investigation Department,
02:57have agreed to investigate
03:01and simplify the process of filing a police report for the complainants.
03:07At the same time, the Prime Minister has said
03:13that he is not satisfied with the cyberbullying incidents
03:22and he has asked the Ministry of Communications and the Ministry of Home Affairs
03:26to take a firm action
03:28and we need to stop the cyberbullying from happening.
03:33I have informed the Ministry of Communications and the Ministry of Home Affairs
03:40that they need to take responsibility
03:44and they are ready to cooperate with the Ministry of Communications
03:50to solve this issue
03:52and they will meet with us next week.
03:59No decisions have been made?
04:02No, I have just updated the Cabinet
04:06that we do have some studies
04:08but we are not at a stage where we will recommend
04:12or will bring that bill to Parliament yet.
04:16So we need to look back at what that study said
04:20and perhaps because it was done some years ago,
04:24perhaps it needs to be updated.
04:26At the same time, we can take action now
04:29based on the current laws
04:31and at the same time we can also amend the current laws
04:34to make certain provisions more specific
04:36when it comes to cyberbullying.
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