Re: Seeking Advice - Defamation + ICTA

From: Ajay R Ramjatan <ajay.ramjatan_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2015 13:25:59 +0400

Talk to a lawyer. This is the single best piece of advice I can give you
for this incident.

On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 7:13 AM, DR <mailinglist_at_shoponline.mu> wrote:

> I've been through a defamation incident too on the net and FB.
>
> All I can say is the police won't really do anything. However you can do
> something privately as Defamation is a civil case too. Go to a lawyer and
> issue him a "mise en demeure". You can claim financial damages (if this
> affects your business, which it does).
>
> Bring mails, screenshots etc to your lawyer.
>
> DR.
>
>
>
> On 09/07/2015 06:26, I. M. Coonjah wrote:
>
> Did you have your OB number from a police station where you gave this
> written statement?
> If yes, investigation has to be carried out.
> Can you tell me, what did you lost and suffer from these comments and how
> often it is being done. Anyone is allowed to comment on fb, but what kind
> of words he used. Did he state your name while doing the comment?
> You have the option to block him or remove him, did you try doing that.
>
> If so, and the guy is still harassing you, then you have a strong case.
>
> Is it a harassment or only a defamation case? Defamation is a very big
> word. Just check on any political group on fb, how many times both parties
> defame each other. And imagine the police has to investigate on all that,
> it will be a chaos.
>
> My advice, get yourself your OB number, and then make a proper follow
> up.
>
> The case he lodged against you and the one you lodge against him are two
> different matters. You can only refer to a case when he has been proven
> guilty.
>
> Irfaan
>
> Sent from Samsung Mobile
>
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From: Ish Sookun <ish_at_hacklog.in> <ish_at_hacklog.in>
> Date:08/07/2015 22:09 (GMT+04:00)
> To: Akshay Ramdass <ignitemedialab_at_gmail.com> <ignitemedialab_at_gmail.com>
> Cc: Cédric Poottaren <cedricpoottaren_at_outlook.com>
> <cedricpoottaren_at_outlook.com>,
> mauritius-internet-users_at_lists.elandnews.com
> Subject: Re: Seeking Advice - Defamation + ICTA
>
> On Wed, Jul 8, 2015 at 10:04 PM, Akshay Ramdass
> <ignitemedialab_at_gmail.com> <ignitemedialab_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> > The thing is that the very same guy lodged a complaint against me too for
> > supposed embezzlement at the police station of his locality. It's not
> only
> > about having those removed but the thing is that my complaint for
> defamation
> > is gonna play against him in court and will serve as an argument for my
> > defense. It's a rather complicated matter and a long story. What I'm was
> > expecting from ICTA was an investigation to be made as I'm planning to
> sue
> > him afterwards for that.
> >
>
> Just to clarify, ICTA does not investigate, in my knowledge. That
> would be the job of the cybercrime unit.
>
> --
> Ish Sookun
>
> - Geek by birth, Linux by choice.
> - I blog at HACKLOG.in.
>
> https://twitter.com/IshSookun ^^ Do you tweet?
>
>
>
Received on Thu Jul 09 2015 - 09:26:33 PST

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