Cops find it challenging to trace owners, individuals with access to dark web

Suspect booked for sexually abusing babies, selling videos on dark web

Case involving 12-year-old handled under Sexual Offences Against Children Act 2017, says Saifuddin

Dramatic evolution of fraud over past decade heightens risks to minors, warns NGO head

KUALA LUMPUR, June 13 — Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Religious Affairs) Datuk Mohd Na’im Mokhtar has urged authorities to take firm action in the misuse of children’s and teenagers’ images on social media.

VANNES, May 29 — A retired French surgeon who sexually abused hundreds of young patients, many of them children, over more than two decades, received a 20-year jail sentence on Wednesday, in France's worst ever child abuse case to go to trial.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 4 — Four individuals, including a civil servant, were arrested, and over 50,000 pieces of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) were seized during Operation Cyber Guardian.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 17 — The police have arrested a food vendor suspected of possessing child and adult sexual materials in a joint operation with foreign authorities in Kuching, Sarawak yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 16 — Amendments to the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 (Act 588) aim to address online crimes including paedophilia, scams, and gambling, said Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 1 — Malaysia marks the start of 2025 with a pivotal move towards safer digital platforms as the Class Licence for Application Service Providers (CASP) for social media providers takes effect today.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 25 — The Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) and the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) are intensifying efforts to track individuals who possess, store and distribute pornographic and child sexual abuse materials (CSAM).

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 24 — A senior citizen was among 13 men arrested on suspicion of committing online sexual offences involving child sexual abuse material (CSAM) through Op Pedo yesterday.

PARIS, Sept 6 — Telegram boss Pavel Durov has said that the messaging app would tackle criticism of its content moderation and remove some features that had been abused for illegal activity.

JOHOR BAHRU, Aug 8 — An unemployed man faced 15 charges related to the kidnapping of six-year-old Albertine Leo Jia Hui, in two separate Sessions Courts and the Kulai Magistrate's Court today.

JOHOR BAHRU, Aug 4 — Police have rearrested a 31-year-old male suspect for the kidnapping of six-year-old Albertine Leo Jia Hui from Eco Galleria in Iskandar Puteri on July 20.

SINGAPORE, July 31 — Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil is confident that the new regulatory framework for a safe Internet will not discourage investments in the country.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 21 — The activity of downloading and online sharing of content involving the sexual exploitation of children or child sexual abuse material (CSAM) remains a concern despite showing a downward trend over the past two years.

TELUK INTAN, Oct 20 — A traditional medicine shop worker was sentenced to six months in jail and fined RM2,500 today, in default of five months in jail, by the Magistrate’s Court for possessing child pornography.

MUMBAI, Oct 7 — India has sent notices to social media platforms X, formerly known as Twitter, YouTube, and Telegram, asking them to ensure there is no child sexual abuse material on their platforms, the government said on Friday (October 6).

PETALING JAYA, Feb 26 — The Communications and Digital Ministry is studying whether the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 (CMA) should be amended to bring it in line with efforts to set up a special police team to combat child pornography.