Melaka polls: MCMC won’t interfere in parties’ social media campaigns, will only act on complaints

MELAKA, Nov 1 — The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) will not interfere in social media campaigns by contesting political parties during the 16th Melaka State Election, says Communications Minister Datuk Seri Fahmi Fadzil.

Instead, he said the commission will actively monitor social media platforms and only initiate investigations or take action against posts upon receiving complaints from the public.

“To date, these are the only two mechanisms MCMC will apply to posts concerning campaigning by contesting parties on social media platforms,” he said when asked about MCMC’s online monitoring measures during the Melaka polls scheduled for November 14.

Fahmi said this at a press conference after attending the Safe Internet Programme at the Multimedia University (MMU) Melaka Campus in Bukit Beruang here today.

Elaborating, Fahmi said MCMC is also monitoring the misuse of social media accounts to spread false information, the use of deepfakes, and extremely offensive content.

“We are also tracking a trend where content is uploaded by fake accounts, which then disappear once the post is published. This happens frequently and is not something we only anticipate during the state election; it is being detected more often and is quite worrying.

“We found that much of the content containing derogatory statements against the King originated from overseas-based accounts. Upon closer examination, we found that most of them, or 98 per cent, were fake accounts, so we take this very seriously,” he said.

Asked about Pakatan Harapan’s (PH) decision to name Parti Amanah Negara vice-president Adly Zahari as its Chief Minister candidate, Fahmi said it was due to his experience.

“He is an experienced figure. He has served as a state assemblyman for two terms and was previously Chief Minister,” said Fahmi, who is also PH communications director.

PH election director Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari was previously reported as saying that Adly, who is the coalition’s candidate for the Bukit Katil state constituency, was chosen as the poster boy and Chief Minister candidate should the coalition win the Melaka polls.

The Election Commission (EC) has set November 14 as polling day for the 16th Melaka State Election, with early voting on November 10.

For the latest news on the election, visit [https://election.bernama.com/prn/melaka/2026/](https://election.bernama.com/prn/melaka/2026/?utm_source=chatgpt.com). — Bernama

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马六甲，11月1日讯——马来西亚通讯及多媒体委员会（MCMC）表示，在第16届马六甲州选举期间，不会干预各政党的社交媒体竞选活动，通讯部长拿督斯里法米·法兹尔表示。

他表示，委员会将积极监控社交媒体平台，只有在收到公众投诉后才会启动调查或对帖子采取行动。

“迄今为止，MCMC 将对竞选政党在社交媒体平台上发布的竞选帖子仅采用这两种机制，”当被问及 MCMC 在定于 11 月 14 日举行的马六甲州选举期间的在线监控措施时，他说道。

法米今天在马六甲武吉柏鲁昂多媒体大学 (MMU) 校区参加完安全上网课程后举行的新闻发布会上发表了上述讲话。

法赫米进一步表示，马来西亚通信与多媒体委员会（MCMC）也在监控社交媒体账户被滥用以传播虚假信息、使用深度伪造技术以及发布极其冒犯性内容的情况。

“我们还注意到一种趋势，即一些虚假账户上传内容，帖子发布后这些账户就会消失。这种情况频繁发生，并非仅在州选举期间才会出现；现在发现的频率越来越高，这令人非常担忧。”

他说：“我们发现，很多包含贬损国王言论的内容都来自海外账户。经过仔细调查，我们发现其中绝大多数（98%）都是虚假账户，所以我们对此事非常重视。”

当被问及希望联盟（PH）决定提名国家诚信党副主席阿德利·扎哈里为首席部长候选人时，法米表示，这是因为他经验丰富。

“他是一位经验丰富的人物。他曾担任两届州议员，之前还担任过首席部长，”法米说道，他同时也是希望联盟的通讯主管。

此前有报道称，希望联盟选举主任拿督斯里阿米鲁丁·沙里曾表示，如果希望联盟赢得马六甲州选举，该联盟的武吉卡迪尔州选区候选人阿德利将被选为宣传大使和首席部长候选人。

选举委员会（EC）已将11月14日定为第16届马六甲州选举的投票日，提前投票将于11月10日开始。

欲了解选举最新消息，请访问[https://election.bernama.com/prn/melaka/2026/](https://election.bernama.com/prn/melaka/2026/?utm_source=chatgpt.com)。——马新社

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