MP: Why no action against IS fan sites in Malay?

Police special task force asked to explain failure in monitoring terrorist activities.

KUALA LUMPUR: The lack of police action against Malay-language web sites glorifying terrorist groups such as Islamic State has come under question.

“What has the special task force called the Police Cyber Investigation Response Centre been doing all his time in monitoring cyberspace?” said PKR international bureau chief Gooi Hsiao Leung, pointing out that the Inspector-General of Police had said the centre was equipped with the latest equipment.

Gooi said in a statement that the Malay-language websites was obviously targeted at Bahasa speaking countries like Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore, naming Al-Mustaqbal.net and shoutussalam.com as being among those to spread “radical and extremist propaganda”.

The sites posed a real security threat to Malaysia, he said, and their continued existence reflected a total failure in monitoring terrorist activities on the internet.

He criticised the IGP for remarks defending the Sedition Act and said the police should take their job more seriously. “We do not need the Sedition Act, we need a new IGP,” he said.