Speech by SJ at plenary session of 16th China-ASEAN Prosecutors-General Conference in Brunei (English only)

Following is the speech by the Secretary for Justice, Mr Paul Lam, SC, at the plenary session of the 16th China-ASEAN Prosecutors-General Conference in Brunei today (October 22): Your Excellencies, distinguished delegates, ladies and gentlemen, Children today grow up in an interconnected digital world that offers unprecedented opportunities for education and development. But at the same time, modern technology exposes them to grave and fast-evolving risks - from violent or pornographic content on social media platforms, to online grooming, non-consensual sharing of intimate images, deepfake manipulation, cyberbullying, coercion and fraud. The stark reality is that digital harm to children knows no borders. For example, an intimate image of a child, once created or uploaded, can be copied, disseminated and recirculated repeatedly and instantaneously across different jurisdictions. A child may have to live with the fear that such material will resurface at any time, transforming a single act of abuse into a cycle of victimisation. Against this backdrop, protecting children in the digital age is an urgent, shared regional and international responsibility which demands synchronised leg

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