Concern is increasing in Fiji about the use of the Iternet to circulate defamatory and slanderous statements.
The Daily Post reports that in the latest case an e-mail has been circulated detailing alleged personal involvements of people, including a prominent Suva citizen.
One of the victims, Suva Mayor, Chandu Umaria, says such malicious activities show it's time a security system was put in place to police what goes through the Internet.
In another case, a victim who went to a lawyer had no success when they could not trace the source of a defamatory statement.
A Suva lawyer, Devanesh Sharma, says there is legal protection against slander and defamation but on the Internet the problem is finding the perpetrator.
Even when the source of the e-mail can be traced, it is often found to be an anonymous person who used an Internet cafe.
A lawyer in the attorney general's office says there are no laws regulating the Internet in Fiji but a legal framework is being drawn up which deals with telecommunications advances such as the Internet.