Draft cyber law against computer crimes

In the last decades, the telecommunication sector in Cambodia is growing remarkably and the Kingdom has yet to enact cyber law to prevent against the computer-based crime which is threatening Cambodia’s digital security connecting with the globe.

During a workshop at the Council of Ministers’ building in Phnom Penh, foreign and domestic experts also warned that Cambodia was not immune to malicious attempts to spread viruses and steal information.

In the last few years, several websites of government and private websites were hacked. By the way, Cambodia has no legislation specifically related to cyber crimes.

It is noticed that several ASEAN nations have already enacted specific laws on the issue. Even though, there is no specific law to tackle computer-based offenses in Cambodia, such crimes are to some extent recognized by Article 427 to 430 of the Crime Code covering information and computer technology.