KUALA TERENGGANU, JUNE 24 — A male lorry driver lost RM80,580 after being deceived by a syndicate offering part-time work online.
Kuala Terengganu District Police Chief, ACP Azli Mohd Noor said that on June 3, the 35-year-old victim saw an advertisement for a part-time job with a good income on the social media site Facebook.
He said the victim, who was intrigued, contacted the suspect who introduced himself as a representative of a company via the WhatsApp and Telegram applications.
“As a task, the victim only had to click the like button on the link to the goods given by the suspect. The victim who successfully completed several tasks received a certain amount of payment, making him trust and confident in the suspect.
“However, after completing several subsequent tasks, the suspect asked the victim to make a payment supposedly as management costs to withdraw the RM400,000 profit that the victim would receive,” he said in a statement today.
Azli said the victim who was deceived made 21 payments totaling RM80,580 to six different bank accounts between June 11 and 22 using money borrowed from friends.
However, until the police report was made at 3.28 pm yesterday, the victim had still not received any of the promised profits.
“The victim realised he had been cheated after being urged to continue making the payment by the suspect. The case is being investigated under Section 420 of the Penal Code,” he said.
— BERNAMA
![KUALA LUMPUR, JUNE 24 -- The Child Protection Code (CPC) sets out a safe, practical and responsible age verification mechanism to ensure that only eligible users are allowed to access social media platforms. Communications Minister Datuk Fahmi Fadzil said the CPC together with the Risk Reduction Code (RMC) were published by the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) on May 22, and came into effect on June 1 under the Online Safety Act 2025 [Act 866]. He said both codes aim to create a safer online environment, particularly to protect children from online risks and harm. "Under the CPC, licensed service providers offering social media services are required to implement an age verification mechanism, rather than identity verification, to ensure compliance with the minimum age limit set. "Users who have reached the age of 16 are allowed to register and have social media accounts, while individuals under that age are not allowed to open or have social media accounts until they reach the specified age," he said during a question and answer session at the Dewan Rakyat, today. He was answering Syahredzan Johan's (PH-Bangi) original question regarding the purpose of implementing age verification for social media accounts, as well as measures to ensure access to personal data is restricted and deleted after use. Fahmi said the implementation of the mechanism should be done safely, practically and respectful of user privacy, in line with the requirements set out under the CPC. Social media service providers are also required to ensure that the process complies with laws relating to personal data protection, including the principles of data minimization, and purpose limitation by limiting data collection to information necessary for age verification purposes and disposing of it upon completion. He said the age verification mechanism should be implemented based on official documents issued by the Malaysian Government such as MyKad, passport, birth certificate or other documents recognised by the government. "To ensure that the age verification mechanism is not manipulated, age verification must be supported by official government records and not just self-declaration." "The CPC also allows the use of other documents recognised by the Malaysian Government, including equivalent records issued by competent authorities in other jurisdictions so that access to online protection can be provided equitably to all children regardless of their documentation status," he said. Fahmi said the implementation of age verification does not permanently prevent children from using social media, but rather postpones account ownership until they reach the age of 16, and have a more appropriate level of maturity to use the platform safely and responsibly. He said the approach known as the "Wait 16" initiative was introduced to protect children and families from online risks and harm. -- BERNAMA](https://minutesmy.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/TB_Fahmi-Fadzil-Dewan-Rakyat_BERNAMA-1024x576.webp)
