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Dimapur, April 21
Kohima District Legal Services Authority (KDLSA) organised a legal awareness programme at Mount Hermon Higher Secondary School, Kohima, on April 19 with Ms Akumla Longchari, Thejapfutuo Khezhie and Ms Wapangienla Kichu, panel lawyers, as resource persons. Ms Akumla Longchari spoke on “Online violence and cyber crime,” in which she briefed the students that while technology is playing an important role in each of our lives, but at the same time it comes along with some disadvantages and dangers. She said many youngsters were lured and had become victims of online violence and cyber crimes through cyber bullies, social engineering, online shopping, online games and online betting. Longchari added that there are over 1 million people who fell victims to cyber crime. She said India is the 5th amongst the affected cyber crime countries.
“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 advised.
Thejapfutuo Khezhie spoke on the “Protection of children from sexual offences Act 2012,” and explained about the provisions of the Act. He said this law aims at protecting children under the age of 18 years against sexual assault, sexual harassment and child pornography. He said the Act provides special setting of child–friendly court proceedings for a child victim. He said the sole purpose of stressing on the issues of child sexual abuse was to make children understand, identify the concept of what child sexual abuse is all about so that children could protect themselves by approaching the various agencies such as the panel lawyers, Childline, Child Welfare Committees, the police and the special juvenile police unit who are always there to protect and assist them.
Ms Wapanginla Kichu shared on Human Trafficking and Immoral (Prevention) Act, 1956. She said Nagaland is not only a transit point for trafficking women and children but is also a recipient and a supplier. She pointed out the major reasons for the rapid rise in human trafficking was mainly due to 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.
The programme was chaired by Ms Neiteo Koza, while the welcome address was delivered by Ngangom Surjit Signh, Principal of Mount Hermon Higher Secondary School, Kohima.
Quiz competition was also conducted on the aforesaid topics during the session. Altogether, 515 students participated in the programme.
