Reply: With regard to part (a) (i) and (ii) of the question, I am informed by the Commissioner of Police that since January 2025 to 11 July 2025, 113 cases having a connotation of cyberbullying have been reported, out of which 58 female victims were involved. 1 case has been filed as the accused has remained unknown and the remaining 112 cases are under inquiry. It should be highlighted that it is only after the inquiry is completed at the level of the Police and after all elements have been ascertained, that the case is formally prosecuted under section 17 of the Cybersecurity and Cybercrime Act 2021 as cyberbullying. As regards part (b) of the question, I am informed that the Police and the Computer Emergency Response Team of Mauritius, (CERT-MU) of the Ministry of Information Technology, Communication and Innovation have taken several measures to curb the proliferation of cyberbullying as follows –

124 (i) The conduct of cyber patrol by Cybercrime and IT Unit to detect any offences; (ii) Continuous awareness and sensitization via media and radio programmes for different audiences such as educators and students in educational institutions; (iii) the publication of guidelines and informative videos to promote the safe usage of the Internet on the website of the CERT-MU, and (iv) the use of alert system by the CERT-MU to the population in case of emerging threats as it was for the case of the OMETV alert which was sent to all the schools and colleges across the island in order to sensitise the students. I wish to further inform the House that Government is coming up with the establishment of a specialised unit within the Police to deal with issues pertaining to cybersecurity with the assistance from foreign expertise. FOREIGN WORKERS – JAN 2015-2024 – ILLEGAL STAY – NUMBER & NATIONALITY