Malaysia's Electronic Commerce Act To Be Amended To Deter Online Fraud

ROMPIN (Pahang, Malaysia), Oct 19 (Bernama) -- The Electronic Commerce Act 2006 will be amended in the quest to eradicate fraud during online business transactions. Malaysia's Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Minister Hamzah Zainudin said the ministry was looking into various aspects that could be strengthened to protect consumers and traders. "The world is getting increasingly sophisticated and we do not want fraud occurring during e-commerce transactions. "In some cases, consumers were not receiving the items they had order online, while in others cases, they received different items from the ones they had ordered," he told reporters near here Tuesday. --BERNAMA