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Singapore to introduce Online Criminal Harms Act

Singapore may issue an Online Criminal Harms Act later this year to better tackle crimes committed in cyberspace, according to Second Minister for Home Affairs Josephine Teo.
Singapore to introduce Online Criminal Harms Act ảnh 1Second Minister for Home Affairs Josephine Teo (Photo: mothership.sg)
Singapore (VNA) – Singapore may issue an Online Criminal Harms Actlater this year to better tackle crimes committed in cyberspace, according to SecondMinister for Home Affairs Josephine Teo.

If passed by parliament, the proposed Online Criminal HarmsAct will grant the government powers to stop or remove online communicationsthat pave the way for crimes in the physical world, such as inciting violence.

It is also aimed at closing the gaps left by the Protectionfrom Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act, which came into force in 2019, aswell as the Foreign Interference (Countermeasures) Act, that was passed in2021.

According to the latest figures from the Singapore PoliceForce, the number of scam and cybercrime cases in Singapore hit an all-timehigh of 33,669 in 2022, up 25.2% year-on-year.

Notably, scams accounted for 94.2% of all cybercrime-relatedcases reported last year. The total amount victims claimed to have lost throughall scams was 660.7 million SGD (489.7 million USD) in 2022, a 4.5% increasefrom 632 million SGD in 2021./.
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