Law for Invasion of privacy

The Malaysian Bar Council wants the Gov't to implement specific laws to curb invasion of privacy. Existing laws are too general or lenient. The Council's Human Rights Committee chief Sonya Liew said : " Many past cases and the recent one involving assemblywoman Elizabeth Wong have proven how inadequate our laws are in protecting us from getting our privacy violated." " Currently we don't have a specific law to charge anyone taking a photo or videotaping someone in a compromising situation. All the relevant sections under the Penal Code are related to the distribution and possession of the material." " In former minister's Dr Chua Soi Lek sex DVD case, the police were only able to arrest those caught in possession or distributing it. They could not prove who installed the hidden camera in the hotel room and they could not take action against the hotel for trespassing as we have no privacy law." Recently in Johore, a man was fined only RM100 for photographing a young girl urinating in a public toilet, with his handphone camera. " Unless there was an Act which recognises the right to privacy, it would be difficult to deal with the intrusion of privacy" " Privacy was not even recognised in the Constitution."