Kohima, April 20 (MExN): Kohima District Legal Services Authority organised a legal awareness programme at Mount Hermon Hr. Sec. School, Kohima on April 19 with Akumla Longchari, Thejapfutuo Khezhie, and Wapangienla Kichu, Panel Lawyers as resource persons.
Akumla Longchari spoke on “Online violence and cyber crime”, where she briefed the students that technology plays an important role, but at the same time brings some disadvantages and dangers. “Many youngsters are lured and become victims of online violence and cyber crimes through cyber bullies, social engineering, online shopping, online games and online betting,” she stated. Akumla informed that over 1 million people fall victim to cyber crime in a day and India is the 5th amongst the affected countries. She said students today hack into somebody’s account to play a prank or to defame the person which is one of the common cyber crimes. “We need to understand social media and should use it more responsibly because indulging in irresponsible use of social media could amount to cyber crime and attract the law with punishment of imprisonment and fine under various sections of IPC and IT Act,” she added.
Thejapfutuo Khezhie spoke on the “Protection of Children from Sexual Offences, Act 2012”. Explaining about the provisions of the Act, he said there was no special law for children before the law was enacted. The Act aims at protecting children under the age of 18 years against sexual assault, sexual harassment and child pornography. He said the Act provides for a special setting of child–friendly court proceedings for a child victim. The sole purpose of stressing on the issues of child sexual abuse, he stated, is to make the children understand, identify the concept of what child sexual abuse is all about so that children can protect themselves by approaching the various agencies such as the Panel Lawyers, Childline, Child Welfare Committees, the police and the special juvenile police unit.
Wapanginla Kichu covered ‘Human Trafficking and Immoral Trafficking (prevention) Act, 1956’. She said human trafficking is a way of making money by exploiting people mostly for prostitution or commercial sexual exploitation, forced labour, child labour, street begging, drug smuggling and removal of organs from the body. She added Nagaland is not only a transit point for trafficking women and children, but is also a recipient and supplier. Major reasons for the rapid rise in human trafficking, she pointed out, are poverty, lack of job satisfaction in the state, lack of awareness, imitation of western culture. She said that trafficking of human is punishable under the Immoral Trafficking (prevention) Act, 1956. Running of brothels is also punishable under the Act and criminal liability also arises even on those who live on the earnings of prostitutions, she added.
A quiz was conducted on the topics covered by the resource persons during the event, which was attended by 515 students.
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