Compiled by RAHIMY RAHIM and JAROD LIM
WITH a payment of RM150, Internet users can apparently have “lifetime access” to exclusive groups that provide various sexual content from “Dark Side” (DS) accounts, Utusan Malaysia reported.
The daily found that to get a link to these exclusive chatgroups, users need to make an initial payment of at least RM100 to the account owners to respond to messages and continue with subsequent payments.
Users can then “enjoy” full access to the content that provides various sexual services for a fee based on hours, as well as a place to engage in immoral activities.
Some of the content providers also reportedly engage with users openly as they will show them their faces.
(On a DS account the owner of a social media account is free to display their dark side, especially sexual desires and fantasy.)
Malaysia Cyber Consumer Association president Siraj Jalil said the increase of such activities was due to the greed of these content providers and the desperation of some people in fulfilling their sexual desires.
“This is actually an old issue but nowadays they are exploiting the use of social media to promote their immoral activities.
“Most of them are seen to be willing to do anything, including selling their dignity,” he said.
Criminologist Datuk Shahul Hamid Abdul Rahim said those with DS accounts were mostly university students and even some working professionals.
“They use this platform to fund their desire to lead lavish lifestyles,” he said.
He urged the relevant authorities to work together to curb this issue.
On March 23, the Dewan Rakyat was told that reports of pornographic posts through DS accounts on Twitter are being referred to the police for further action.
Deputy Communications and Digital Minister Teo Nie Ching said the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) had received a staggering 1,282 related complaints from 2022 to February this year.
> Kelantan firefighters came to the rescue of a toddler whose head got stuck to the base of an iron pot, Sinar Harian reported.
In the incident on Monday, the Tumpat fire station received an emergency call at about 3pm to help rescue the 14-month-old boy.
Its operations commander Mohd Nazdy Mohd Nor said that the incident took place at Taman SPP Kota Warisan and the boy was crying when firefighters arrived at the scene.
“We were informed by the victim’s mother that she did not know how her child managed to get the base of the iron pot stuck around his neck.
“She immediately called for help,” he said, adding that it took about eight minutes to cut the base of the iron pot.
The toddler survived the ordeal with no injury.
- The above articles are compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a >, it denotes a separate news item.
