The minister referred to users sharing pornography, and trading in drugs and medicines not approved for use in Malaysia.
“All of these matters are worrisome as they are legal violations,” he said, according to Bernama.
He said Telegram has been asked from the outset to tackle these matters “but has refused to do so up to now, so I asked MCMC to study the necessary actions”.
He said MCMC was strengthening its co-operation with Facebook owner Meta to curb activities that violate Malaysian laws.
Fahmi said commission officials met with Meta management last week and discussed controls for online gambling as well as scam advertisements.
He denied claims by Telegram account holder Edisi Siasat that the ministry had not taken any action at all.
Jakim lodges report over ‘lewd ideas’ on marriage
The Islamic development department Jakim has lodged a report with the MCMC over a Telegram account user who allegedly spread “lewd ideas” and beliefs on marital relations that were deviant from Islam.
Religious affairs minister Na’im Mokhtar said that as the woman lived in Terengganu, the state religious council had filed a police report so an investigation can be carried out.
In group chat messages. the woman allegedly advised husbands to rape their wives and said wives should serve their spouses like prostitutes. She also reportedly told men to harm their wives if they refused to serve them.
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