A rights group has urged the new Communications and Multimedia Minister Gobind Singh Deo to probe various alleged wrongdoings related to the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC), in particular the massive data breach of last year.

“We call upon the minister to investigate the October 2017 personal data breach expose of over 46 million mobile phone subscribers (in addition to other personal medical and employment records from Jobstreet.com and various medical associations) that were compromised and sold.