KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has not received any specific complaints related to cross-border human traffickers promoting "transport" services through social media.
MCMC said it would take proactive measures against any content that breaches Malaysian laws and provide assistance to law enforcement in related investigations.
"We (MCMC) will simultaneously enforce the prohibition of obscene, indecent, false, offensive, and menacing content under the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 (Act 588).
"These actions include monitoring, content restrictions, and providing technical support to relevant enforcement agencies in their investigations and prosecutions," it told the New Straits Times.
MCMC encourages the public to remain vigilant and report any suspicious or illegal online activities to the relevant authorities as they act on reports received through social media.
It added that all matters related to human trafficking and migrant smuggling, whether they occur online or offline, fall under the jurisdiction of the Anti-Trafficking in Persons and Anti-Smuggling of Migrants Council (MAPO) under the Home Ministry.
Previously, the Communications Ministry said it would work with law enforcement agencies to crack down on human trafficking services promoted online.
On June 6, NST reported that these trafficking syndicates had taken to TikTok to openly advertise "transport" services to undocumented Indonesians in Malaysia looking to return home.
Those behind the speedboat service would, for a price, ferry individuals in Selangor, Melaka, Negri Sembilan and Johor to various destinations in Indonesia, including Batam, Dumai, and Bengkalis Island.
The trips, which were advertised for those traveling without passports or with expired visas, were priced between RM1,500 and RM2,200.