The Executive Council announced yesterday that the government has drafted a bill amending the existing cybercrime law, which proposes that the local police will be allowed to gain access to information stored by criminal suspects on cloud servers outside Macau, after obtaining permission from local judges.
The amendment bill also proposes a new crime category of operating fake base stations. The bill proposes that offenders face a prison term of up to three years.
Leong Heng Teng, spokesman for the government’s top advisory body, made the announcement during a press conference at Government Headquarters yesterday.
Judiciary Police (PJ) Sit Chong Meng (right) speaks during yesterday’s press conference at Government Headquarters about the government’s cybercrime law amendment bill, as Executive Council spokesman Leong Heng Teng looks on. Courtesy: TDM
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