KUCHING: Premier Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Abang Johari welcomes Universiti Malaya (UM) to set up its off-campus law faculty in Sarawak.
He said the faculty could include curriculum on Native Customary Rights (NCR) land, Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63), Inter-Governmental Committee (IGC) Report, Cobbold Commission Report and traditional law as elective subjects.
“We are still in discussion on the matter with the UM. We want the students to study law in Sarawak for two years and another two in Kuala Lumpur,” he said during a town hall session with undergraduates at Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur today.
The Premier said Sarawak needs good lawyers to aid the state in analysing and drafting new laws.
He disclosed that he had sought help from the Legal Advisor at Sarawak Premier Department Datuk Seri Talat Mahmood Abdul Rashid to look for lawyers who specialise on the matter especially on cybersecurity and cybercrime as well as on commercial transactions that use the digital platform.
“It is questionable whether an agreement signed digitally is valid or not. As far as we know, if it is in the form of hard copy, it is deemed valid as it is stamped, but when it comes to digital documents, it cannot be stamped. Therefore, its validity is questionable.
“This is something that (we) need to look into and think over,” he said.
