Thread: https://twitter.com/sick48world/status/1154787765474619392 and https://web.archive.org/web/20190727050649/https://twitter.com/sick48world/status/1154788040318959617
Sections 211 and 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998
Sections 211 of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 reads as:
(1) No content applications service provider, or other person using a content applications service, shall provide content which is indecent, obscene, false, menacing, or offensive in character with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any person.
(2) A person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both and shall also be liable to a further fine of one thousand ringgit for every day or part of a day during which the offence is continued after conviction.
Essentially anyone who uses a "content applications service" in an "indecent [and] obscene" manner commits an offence.
So if SMS is not a "content applications service"? Or OTT messaging services (like Whatsapp)?
Well, section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 would close that loop:
(1) A person who —
(a) by means of any network facilities or network service or applications service knowingly —
(i) makes, creates or solicits; and
(ii) initiates the transmission of,
any comment, request, suggestion or other communication which is obscene, indecent, false, menacing or offensive in character with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass another person; or
(b) initiates a communication using any applications service, whether continuously, repeatedly or otherwise, during which communication may or may not ensue, with or without disclosing his identity and with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any person at any number or electronic address,
commits an offence.
(2) A person who knowingly —
(a) by means of a network service or applications service provides any obscene communication for commercial purposes to any person; or
(b) permits a network service or applications service under the person 's control to be used for an activity described in paragraph (a),
commits an offence.
(3) A person who commits an offence under this section shall, on conviction,be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both and shall also be liable to a further fine of one thousand ringgit for every day during which the offence is continued after conviction.
Honestly it could be extended to sexting without too much imagination.
Section 292 of the Penal Code
Section 292 of the Penal Code deals with "obscenity". In part, it criminalises:
Whoever— (a) sells, lets to hire, distributes, publicly exhibits or in any manner puts into circulation, or for purposes of sale, hire, distribution, public exhibition or circulation makes, produces or has in his possession any obscene book, pamphlet, paper, drawing, painting, representation or figure or any other obscene object whatsoever
Try not to get too descriptive eh?
Section 11 of the Sexual Offences Against Children Act 2017
The section speaks for itself:
(1) Subject to subsection (3), any person who— (a) sexually communicates with a child; or (b) encourages a child to sexually communicate,
by any means, commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years
(2) For the purposes of this section, a person is said to sexually communicate if— (a) the communication or any part of the communication relates to an activity that is sexual in nature; or (b) any reasonable person would consider any part of the communication to be sexual.
Unlike the Penal Code, which defines a minor as 16 years of age, (but see the Child Act 2001, which defines a "child" as someone under 18), the Sexual Offences Against Children Act 2017 applies to anyone who is under 18.
So yes, technically sexting would run afoul of some Malaysian laws.
[A]mong calls the Foreign Office fielded this year were questions about the plot of the 1995 Mel Gibson movie Braveheart and queries about the BBC TV show Strictly Come Dancing. Other callers asked about vampires in Poland, Bangkok massage parlour costs, and potential marriage partners in Argentina.
The man pursuing information about vampires explained that a woman he met online asked about his blood type before meeting for a first date. In the Canary Islands, a caller wanted the office to intervene when a cat urinated on his hotel room bed, while a man in New Delhi heard the British High Commission was selling vegetarian sausages and wanted to buy some.
Here are some of the more bizarre requests DFAT has received from Australians travelling abroad.
1. A traveller who was destitute refused to return to Australia without their pet, which could not be returned for quarantine reasons.
2. A mother who wanted the embassy in Bangkok to book accommodation and a return ticket to Australia for her son, then provide an embassy driver to take him to the airport.
3. A request from an Australian traveller for DFAT to feed her dogs while she was away.
4. I'm attending a conference overseas with a large group of Australians but I have heard it is a dangerous city. Can the High Commission arrange for a risk assessment and some armoured cars? We only need them for a week.
5. Multiple inquires to embassies overseas as to the closest pub televising the State of Origin game.
6. An Australian who had his laptop stolen overseas requested that embassy staff pick him up from the airport, loan him a laptop and provide him with office space for a few days.
7. A traveller who asked whether the sand in Egypt would affect her asthma.
8. Panicked callers regularly reporting Australian travellers missing overseas, after not hearing from them within the first few hours of arriving in country. Consular officers usually explain that getting through customs and immigration can take time.
9. Why won't the Australian embassy come and pack my bags for me? I'm an 80-year-old travelling by myself and too old to pack my own bags.
10. I left some items on an aircraft when I changed flights. Can the embassy collect it from the airline's lost property?
11. Can the embassy obtain prescription medicine from Australia and send it to me so I can continue my holiday?
12. Requests for our embassies to store luggage, hold mail, provide banking facilities or arrange tours for Australian travellers.
13. What is the best way to get a polecat out of your roof?
14. I'm going on a cruise. What will the food be like? Can you drink the water on the ship?
15. Some travellers evacuated from civil unrest in Egypt on government-funded flights questioned why they were not entitled to frequent flyer points. Similarly, some travellers evacuated from the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami made seat requests (including for first class).
16. A caller to DFAT's 24-hour Consular Emergency Centre wanted to know the average salary for an expat to expect in Thailand.
17. Does the embassy know if there are there any hotels in Phnom Penh with vacant rooms?
18. Can the embassy tell the local police that I have an excellent driving record in Australia and should not have to pay those outstanding speeding fines?
19. What is the best hotel in Phuket?
20. On my last trip to the Philippines I had some trouble with the law. What is the number of the embassy in Manila so I can call them to get me out of jail when I go back?
One Singaporean asked for help to get refunds for unsatisfactory, illegal sexual services sought abroad while another asked for the launching of an investigation into a case of alleged racism after being served a smaller piece of chicken than the locals at a fast food chain overseas.
Another unusual request from a Singaporean man was for officers to convince his foreign girlfriend to quicken her divorce proceedings so he could marry her.
People who breed should be required to obtain a licence before they can have kids. And they should be required to pay a tax for every life they bring into this world. Indexed to medical inflation to pay for the mental health support that is required when people need to deal with them.
Because I am #nolife #toomuchfreetime and it is a #rainlyweekend, please enjoy the transliteration and the English translation of the Hokkien parody lyrics!
hong suo liang peh liao kui swa tao
[The hills are covered in white snow]
teng tao ha mik bo kua tiok
[Can't even see anything even if I look back]
ji leh bo lang eh sekai, wo tiok si lu ong, wa si Queen
[In this world without people, I am a Queen, wa si lu ong]
Wa eh sing jia jin jiu lak guek choo hong ta
[The feeling in my heart is like the sharp winds of June]
Tian Gong Pok eh chai wa wu jin nai
[Only heaven knows how much I've been holding back]
mai ho in lai mai ho in chai
[Don't let them come, don't let them know]
wa eh guai guai wa zai wa yin gai
[I'll be a good girl, I know what I need to do]
tong chang ki lai mai ho yi zai
[keep it hidden, don't let other people know]
kao pei yi yin zhai
[Oh shit they all know]
let it go, let it go
let it go di yi si si ho yi ki
[The meaning of ho yi ki is Let It Go]
ho yi ki, ho yi ki
[Let it go, let it go]
erm tao ho yi ki
[can't look back; just let it go]
wa jia boh eh kuan
[I don't care anymore]
yin tao teh kong sia suey
[What suey things they say about me]
tiok ho leng di yi chuey
[Even if the cold wind constantly blows]
wo jia jia bo kong kai kua
[I don't feel the cold at all]
zheh si jin ho eh suan tian
[This is a good decision]
Tin tua eh huan nao eh sui hong ki
{Let all my troubles be blown away]
Wa sia mik dou beh kia
[I'm not scared of anything anymore]
Wa jin na lok tiao lok ki
[I'll jump down right now]
Kua wa eh tang jia ha mik, aiyo, kia tiok, wan lai di ki lau tui
[Lets see what I can do, aiyo, look, apparently I've just made stairs]
beh zai eh tang ki tok li
[Not sure if I can step on this stairs or not]
try it
pek chui tin, pek chui tin
[Climbing up the stairs, Climbing up the stairs]
ho wa jik lang pek chui tin
[Let me climb up the stairs]
ho yi ki, ho yi ki
[Let it go, let it go]
Wa [...] kao pek li
{I'll never cry anymore]
wa ji tak, toh ka tiok kuey huey
{With one step, the ground blooms open]
Kin ya leng hong di yi chuey
[The cold wind is blowing all night]
ni en zai si siu kua Else ki chu SHOW
[You are now watching the Elsa building a house show]
ji eh bing gah do si wa eh liu
[This ice pillars are all because of my magic]
KAN eh sui boh
[Hey look aren't they beautiful]
sui sio ha mik to pek sia mik siu beh
[What ever I think off becomes reality]
pai seh boh
[Pai seh boh]
ji teh si tao teh si siao huey
[What the heck is this]
wa siu meh jiu xing sa
[I want to wear new clothes]
Kim si si, kim si si
[Sparkly gold, Sparkly gold]
wa sio ai cheng kim si si
[The stuff I want to wear is to be Sparkly gold]
ho yi ki, ho yi ki
[Let it go, let it go]
guey ki du si guey ki
[The past is the past]
teh wa lai kua, jia li ho kuey jia li sui
[Come and look at this with me, look how beautiful the view is]
wa eh chu li jia li tua
[My house is very big!]
anna kua tiok yi ding kong ai yoh wei
[If Anna saw this she would definately go Aiyo wei!]