KUALA LUMPUR: The mother of social media influencer A. Rajeswary, who allegedly took her own life after being cyberbullied, feels relieved with the initiatives and efforts being taken by the government to stop cybercrimes, in particular cyberbullying.
R. Puspa, when contacted for her comments on the continuous efforts undertaken by the government, said it was timely for the government to take such measures.
She said it is time for those in power to put pressure on social media platform operators,
"They (platform operators) must also take responsibility for the things which transpire online, via their platforms. They wash their hands of (the problems), like what they seem to have done during my daughter's (experience)... this should not happen again," she said.
The 56-year-old asked for better screening and monitoring to be carried out by platform operators as well as enforcement agencies.
She was commenting on Communication Minister Fahmi Fadzil's statement earlier that there was an increasing trend of "traditional crimes" migrating into cyberspace.
He had said the government was working to ensure that the internet, including social media, was safe for all.
Puspa said she was grateful and humbled by the commitment the government, ministries, non-governmental organisations and others have given to making sure another incident like the bullying her daughter experienced does not recur.
"Let my daughter be the last victim of cyberbullying. No other family should go through what we have been through," she said.
Fahmi had met with the National Security Council director-general, (police) Criminal Investigation Department (CID) director and Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) deputy director to discuss how they could jointly make cyberspace safer for everyone.