Strictly enforce child protection laws, Wanita MCA says after bus driver incident
Wanita MCA calls for strict enforcement of child protection laws following a disturbing incident involving a school bus driver.
Wanita MCA secretary-general Chan Quin Er told a press conference on Friday (Sept 6) that certain community guidelines need to be followed on social media to prevent the exposure of underage children's content, which is open to abuse and puts our children at risk.
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Wanita MCA secretary-general Chan Quin Er told a press conference on Friday (Sept 6) that certain community guidelines need to be followed on social media to prevent the exposure of underage children's content, which is open to abuse and puts our children at risk.
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00:00Based on the incident raised, Wanita NCA has always been steadfast in pushing for the strict enforcement of the Child Act 2001.
00:09So, besides the penal code, every citizen in Malaysia, they deserve their privacy and also not to be harassed online or offline.
00:16And for children, we have the Child Act 2001, which protects children.
00:20This is an added layer of protection for children not to be exposed, not to be even neglected.
00:25So, we urge the authorities to investigate this matter and probably prosecute under the Child Act 2001, which has a wider coverage for the protection of children.
00:34And also, because it involves the usage of social media, I heard that the videos, actually not just those videos, a lot of videos by our party also have been taken down on TikTok.
00:45That's beside the point, but I'm saying that on social media, there is certain guidelines that need to be followed, community guidelines.
00:51And so, exposure of underage children's content on social media is open to abuse and put our children at risk.
01:00So, this is where we should be properly utilising the Communications and Multimedia Act to act against the perpetrators.
01:07And not only for political dissidents and people who share different political opinions.
01:14And that's on top of being very negligent while driving, using the handphone.
01:20So, that was what our Chair has mentioned as well.
01:23So, he should probably be investigated under the Road Transport Act as well.
01:26And for the police to actually act on and investigate this matter further, I believe that the parents of that underage or the minor should be lodging the police report and they should take their statements and take it further from there.