IGP Wants To Monitor Our WhatsApp Because “Immature Malaysians Make Overzealous Comments”

IGP Khalid Abu Bakar says the police force will be focusing more on threats from social media this year as "overzealous" Malaysians have been shown to be "immature" in using that facility.

Apart from that, police would continue to strive towards upholding public safety, reduce crime and strengthening their institution.

At a press conference in Bukit Aman, the IGP said:

"So, for 2016 and beyond, we want to shift our focus a little bit… the focus will still be on crime… but this time, we will add social media threat to the list since we are seeing that many have gone overboard. Studies have shown that there are 14 million Facebook users in the country and Malaysia has been considered one of the worst when it comes to making comments online."

Khalid, who has been dubbed "twitter cop", said there was a need for such monitoring because uncontrolled comments and threats made on the social media – especially false messages touching on racial and religious sensitivities – could cause public unrest

Suggesting that extending the long arm of the law into investigating social media users will help stop the misuse of such apps and help maintain public harmony, the IGP also said that the police would also monitor messaging platforms, such as WhatsApp, which was widely used by Malaysians to communicate and spread messages

IGP Wants To Monitor Our WhatsApp Because “Immature Malaysians Make Overzealous Comments”

At a press conference in Bukit Aman, the IGP said:

Khalid, who has been dubbed "twitter cop", said there was a need for such monitoring because uncontrolled comments and threats made on the social media – especially false messages touching on racial and religious sensitivities – could cause public unrest

However, as Mr. Sadiq, the Editor of The Malaysian Insider writes:

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