Joint Legal Offensive On Cyber-Crime
By M K Anwar

Bandar Seri Begawan - Laws and legal action to deal with the emergent cycle of cyber-crime in the region are now under serious consideration among legal experts in Brunei, Singapore and Malaysia.

On Thursday nearly 200 officers from the Attorney General's Chambers of Brunei, Singapore and Malaysia met and discussed in Singapore ways and means to bolster close legal cooperation, Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister who is also the Minister for Law, S. Jayakumar addressing the gathering said there is a need to harmonise the substantive criminal law to fight cyber-crime.

This is vital in particular "to reduce data havens and deny cyber-criminals the opportunity to carry out their activities in third states where such conduct is not yet criminalised, the minister noted.

"It is natural that our countries learn from each other's experiences when we draft fresh legislation or when we undertake law reform," he said.

"Instead of trying to re-invent the wheel, if one of us has recently embraced on an area, it helps the other to find out how we did it, how we drafted the legislation, how it is working to avoid the pitfalls," he added.

The Head of International Affairs Division at the Attomey General's Chambers _ in Brunei, Pengiran Kasmirhan was quoted by Channelnews Asia, as saying that the whole idea in cooperation is not only through formal and informal events but social gatherings. He also hopes to establish a stronger relationship among the three AGC.

Malaysia will next year be the host of the meeting. Azailiza Mohd Ahad, the Head of the International Law Division at AGC in Malaysia was quoted as saying: "Rather than just looking at laws, we also have to make sure that we understand why they drafted the laws in a certain manner.  -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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