Improve laws for better protection


IF someone gets hold of personal photos of you and threatens to publish them, this is a form of cyber harassment. It may also be part of a broader pattern of behaviour constituting stalking, says the Women’s Aid Organisation (WAO).

Under the current legal framework in Malaysia, there is no specific law that deals with cyber harassment and nor is stalking a crime, says WAO head of campaigns Natasha Dandavati.

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