Today, I had three hours of lecture on Malaysia cyber law. The lecturer, David Len started by talking about computer crime and how the definition of computer may cover any electronic device including printers, mobile phones, storage media and so on. He then continued by introducing to us the existing legal framework in Malaysia concerning computers including Computer Crime Act, Evidence Act and Digital Signature Act.
Personally, I dont find cyber crimes to be a serious – unless if money is involved such as fraud and identity theft. Cases like spams, defacing websites and illegal music copying sound too trivial to me. More like nuisance. Certain people however equate defacing websites to denying freedom of speech – hence making it an ultra-serious issue. But really, how many people are convinced of that?
To read Malaysian news of computer crime, visit Cybersecurity website here. It is good to be aware of the many ways people can con you through the internet.
To read Malaysian news of any crime, visit Malaysia Crime Watch which I spent hours last night reading. It really hurts to know there are plenty of killings, raping and kidnapping in Malaysia. Sometimes I feel like hunting for these murderers and give them a good kick in the face.
p/s: I was supportive of Kira of Death Note anime. Swift justice. 
If you have the ‘notebook’, you would probably kill off all the Go players in the world and proclaim yourself as the strongest Go player in the whole world…
just kidding. I did not know that there are cyber news for Malaysia. Thanks for the link!
Regards,
Ryou Takehito
Oh I forgot. Do you have holidays next week? If you have it we can play Shogi the whole day. =)
Swift punishment is NOT swift justice. Sometimes the line between good and evil isn’t so clear.
Swift punishment can sometimes be meted out on the wrong people. What then? Things are not as easy as it seems.
Sigh…
BTW – Belum balik kampung?
Rgds
Balik kampung tomorrow (Monday). Sorry Ryou, I wont be in KL for a week, cant play shogi. You dont really expect me to stay home and play Go/Shogi during Raya do you? LOL
the concept of death note is really nice. “if you can kill without anyone knowing, who would you kill”.. no wonder the anime was very controversial. i think china banned it.
punishment on wrong people = collateral damage? haha ok i went overboard..
China banned it because some dumb kid took a notebook, change the cover to “death note”, wrote his hateful teacher’s name in it and show it to him. The teacher felt threatened and then next thing we knew it was banned. LOL.
Selamat Hari Raya to you and your family.
Drive carefully and have a safe journey