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Communications and Multimedia Act 1998

Facebook admin jailed 10 months, fined RM50,000 over offensive comments on Pak Lah’s death

A Facebook account administrator has been sentenced to 10 months in jail and fined RM50,000 after posting remarks deemed offensive to Islam and mocking the late former prime minister following his passing

Man to be charged over alleged Quran desecration and offensive Threads post

The Attorney General’s Chambers has confirmed that a 21-year-old university student will face charges under the Penal Code and the Communications and Multimedia Act following a police investigation into an alleged act of desecration involving the Quran and an offensive social media post

Section 233 of CMA serves purpose in multiracial society: Federal Court

Activist Heidy Quah also notes ‘higher threshold’ and ‘narrow’ application of law to protect democratic dialogue and truth-seeking

[UPDATED] ‘Offensive’, ‘annoy’ are constitutional: Federal Court overturns appeals court decision on CMA section

Decision by lower court in August 2025 had ruled the words were vague and unconstitutional

[UPDATED] Act 588 amendment: ‘grossly offensive’ explanation not definitive but a guide, says Fahmi

Scope amended to cover only 'grossly offensive' and not merely 'offensive' content to differentiate based on legal proportionality, imposing appropriate action based on severity

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Penemuan kecederaan luar biasa pada badan, JSJ Bukit Aman diarah segera siasat kematian Noorizwan

'Saya telah meminta JSJ, khususnya pengarahnya Datuk M. Kumar, untuk menyiasat kes ini secepat mungkin dan memaklumkan hasil siasatan kepada orang ramai,' kata Mohd Khalid

What will we call for next? A ban on cheap cigarettes, tuak and kapcais? – Rocky Bru

While concerns over drug-laced vapes grow, a blanket ban could backfire by wiping out businesses, threatening jobs, pushing trade underground amid weak enforcement and open tank loopholes

[TONTON] ‘Persepsi itu wujud, tapi ia tidak benar’: Tengku Zafrul jawab naratif ‘payung kuning’

Bekas Menteri Pelaburan, Perdagangan dan Industri menepis dakwaan beliau bertindak sebagai orang tengah istana bagi Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, sambil menegaskan persepsi lama ‘payung kuning’ tidak mencerminkan realiti