KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) -- Malaysia may introduce tough Internet laws to control bloggers and prevent them from spreading "disharmony, chaos, seditious material and lies" on their websites, a report has said.

Deputy Science and Technology Minister Kong Cho Ha said moves such as registering bloggers would be difficult, but accused some writers of posting controversial articles to attract readers.

"We are talking about creating cyber laws to control those who misuse the Internet," Kong was quoted as saying in the Star newspaper.

"We need to have stricter cyber laws to prevent these bloggers from disseminating disharmony, chaos, seditious material and lies," he said.

"We want our bloggers to be responsible, to keep within the rules and not put up seditious articles that can create disharmony and chaos," said Kong.

Malaysian news websites and blogs are well known for providing alternate views to mainstream news coverage.