Special Home Ministry unit set up to monitor Internet

A special unit has been set up to monitor postings on the Internet that can cause disunity and racial tension among the people, said Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein.

He said the unit would gather the expertise of the ministry's enforcement unit, police, Attorney-General's Chambers and the judiciary to look into such cases.

"We understand this new landscape and the special unit is already in place to monitor such activities,” he said Thursday.

Hishammuddin was asked to comment on a Facebook page that insulted Malay sensitivities.

The Selangor Federation of Peninsular Malay Students, Gagasan Pendidikan Melayu Malaysia and Perkasa lodged a police report against the page at the Dang Wangi police station here Wednesday.

On another matter, Hishammuddin said his ministry never took sides when handling incidents involving mosques and churches.

He said although some people had the perception that the Government had acted slowly, it did not mean it was "proscrastinating."