A 23 year-old man has been jailed for one year by a Hong Kong district court for sending obscene and threatening e-mails to two female students in what is said by South China Morning Post to be Hong Kong’s first cyber-stalking case.
Ko Kam-fai set up a free internet e-mail account with USA.net and used it to repeatedly e-mail the 22 and 24 year-old students over a nine month period. In his messages, he included obscene images and threats of rape. He downloaded a hacking program from the internet and used it to monitor the on-line activities of one of the two women.
According to today’s South China Morning Post, Ko Kam-fai pleaded guilty to eight counts of criminal damage and two counts of criminal intimidation. He told the court in mitigation that he intended the acts as a joke and deserved only community service. The judge rejected his plea, adding that a custodial sentence was necessary to deter others.
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According to today’s South China Morning Post, Ko Kam-fai pleaded guilty to eight counts of criminal damage and two counts of criminal intimidation. He told the court in mitigation that he intended the acts as a joke and deserved only community service. The judge rejected his plea, adding that a custodial sentence was necessary to deter others.
http://www.out-law.com/default.aspx?page=1402
In these recent years based on the statistics which shows the increasing trends of cyber stalking cases in Asia and the social dangerous which comes from it, most of the government’s agencies decide to move and act strictly to prevent of these kinds of cyber crime. I found these movements especially in countries like Japan, South Korea and recently Honk Kong. But the amazing point is that here in Malaysia there are many cases but I cannot find any especial and proper law for this crime.
If any of you have any information about cyber stalking law in Malaysia please let me know