According to the AFP, Malaysia may introduce tough Internet laws to control bloggers and prevent them from spreading “disharmony, chaos, seditious material and lies” on their websites, a report has said.

“We need to have stricter cyber laws to prevent these bloggers from disseminating disharmony, chaos, seditious material and lies,” said Deputy Science and Technology Minister Kong Cho Ha.

… Kong cited the posting of a photo on an opposition politician’s website last month of a Muslim male and Muslim female lawmaker, reportedly showing the man in a bathrobe with the woman lying on his chest, in what appeared to be a hotel room.

The photo sparked a political scandal, since the two were not married, with accusations the pair had committed the Muslim sin of khalwat, or close proximity, when two unmarried people of the opposite sex are alone in each other’s company.