Citation

Ephranella Cooray, Manique Apsara (2017) Child pornography on the Internet: When the “images” matter. International Journal for Studies on Children, Women, Elderly And Disabled, 1. pp. 56-58. ISSN 0128-309X

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Abstract

The most recent case that has come to the attention of the Malaysian public and which has caught the nation by surprise was the recent arrest of Richard Huckle. According to the various reports Huckle is a British paedophile who has admitted to committing various degrees of sexual attacks on Malaysian children. These children are said to be as young as six months of age. Investigations found over 20,000 indecent images on his computer. The enforcement authorities are tracing these children who might have come into contact with Huckle to offer them psychiatric treatment. The above is one case that has been detected thus far. It is submitted that child pornography on the Internet has been in existence for many years, even though undetected.1 It was very rare to find images on child pornography on the Internet until late 1960s. However, with the advent of the Internet the market has grown in leaps and bound and many countries in the world have some legislation to address the problem. The question on defining what amounts to “child pornography” and surrounds child pornography is less than clear cut. 2 The main objective of this paper therefore is to examine what amounts to “child pornography on the Internet” and secondly to look into the importance of when a seemingly harmless “image” becomes a threat to a child.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Child Pornography, Paedophilia, Child Law, Images
Subjects:	K Law > K Law (General)
Divisions:	Faculty of Law (FOL)
Depositing User:	Ms Nurul Iqtiani Ahmad
Date Deposited:	07 Mar 2021 22:18
Last Modified:	07 Mar 2021 22:18
URII:	http://shdl.mmu.edu.my/id/eprint/6392

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