ALOR SETAR, March 30 – The Ministry of Communications and Digital (KKD) is now paying attention to efforts to curb the spread of Daesh militant extremists who have been detected in social media. Minister of Communications and Digital, Fahmi Fadzil said, it is so that its spread does not continue to spread and affect Muslims in the country. As reported by the media, the Minister of Home Affairs and the Inspector General of Police stated.
That there are seeds of the beginning of the use of social media to spread Daesh militant extremists and we (KKD) want to ensure that it is stopped immediately, early. He said this while delivering the keynote speech in a town hall session with Kedah KKD workers at the Kedah RTM Auditorium here. KKD Secretary General, Datuk Seri Mohammad Mentek and the Chief Executive Officer of the National News Organization of Malaysia, Roslan Ariffin, were also present.
Meanwhile, Fahmi said, he will hold a meeting with the Director of the Criminal Investigation Department this Sunday to examine cases involving content based on the 3Rs, namely Race, Religion and Royalty (Royal Institutions) on social media. Concern among the Malay Kings, a development that is felt to be unhealthy is extremism and the concern among a group of scholars is that it leads to the concept of takfiri (that is) disbelief.
That is what worries the Malay Kings, so it becomes it is my responsibility to take care of communication and digital to find a way (solution),” he said. Fahmi further voiced the hope that KKD employees would not get involved in political issues, and should serve in order to fulfill their responsibilities as civil servants. We can have different views, but don’t go too far,” he said, who also called on KKD employees to carry out their duties as civil servants with full integrity and free from corrupt practices. – Bernama
