Edwin Lee

Edwin is a corporate and technology lawyer. He is also the founder and deputy managing partner of Lee & Poh Partnership (LPP Law). Edwin has advised a range of companies from technology startups to multinational corporations on a range of matters. In 2020, Edwin was named as a Malaysian Rising Star by Asian Legal Business, a finalist for the Young Lawyer of the Year at the ALB Malaysia Law Awards as well as a lawyer in the annual ALB publication of Asia 40 under 40. View his full profile here.

Edwin Lee
Can WhatsApp Group Admins Be Liable Under the Law

Can WhatsApp Group Admins Be Liable Under the Law?

Some months ago, our Deputy Communications and Multimedia Minister Datuk Jailani Johari was quoted as saying that admins of group chat/messaging applications (such as WhatsApp, WeChat, Telegram, Viber, etc.) can be held responsible for offences (such as spreading of fake news, libel, fraud, exposure of classified information) committed by users in the group chat under …

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Responsibilities of Executor:

  • Apply for and extract the grant of probate.
  • Make arrangements for the funeral of the deceased.
  • Collect and make an accurate inventory of the deceased’s assets.
  • Settling the debts and obligations of the deceased.
  • Distributing the assets.

Note for Digital Executor:
If you wish to leave your digital assets to certain people in your Will, there are important steps that need to be taken to ensure that your wishes can be carried out:

  • Keep a note of specific instructions on how to access your username and password of your digital asset.
  • You are advised to store these private and confidential information in a USB stick, password management tool or write them down.
  • Please inform your executor or a trusted person of the whereabouts of the tools so that they will have access to your digital asset.