Deputy Internal Security Minister Noh Omar said offenders could be charged with
possession of pornographic materials.
"The same also goes for all telecommunications shop operators. If you are found
to provide downloading services, action will be taken against you as well," Noh
was quoted as saying by the New Straits Times.
He was responding to a report in a local tabloid saying that teenagers were
abusing video recording features in mobile phones to capture images of mass sex
parties before distributing them.
Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi had asked police to take immediate action,
Noh said.
While the government has moved to improve internet access throughout the mainly
Muslim nation, it is concerned that increasing numbers of Malaysians will be
able to view pornography through computers and mobile devices.
Government computers have been blocked from accessing salacious websites, while
school computers are to have porn filters installed.
Internet service providers have also been instructed to provide all their
customers with low-cost software to bar access to internet pornography.
