Binational Taiwanese same-sex couples marriages and international weddings might soon be legally recognized in Taiwan, the Judicial Yuan announced January 22.
Chinese partners of Taiwanese citizens will be excluded from the change, according to a report in Focus Taiwan.
The law will recognize a partner from Hong Kong or Macau.
Some binational same-sex couples weddings and marriages that were held overseas were not legally recognized when Taiwan became the first Asian country to legalize same-sex marriage in 2019.
The law only recognized Taiwanese binational same-sex marriages of partners who were citizens of one of the 29 countries where marriage equality is legal.
That may soon change. Last week, the Judicial Yuan announced in a news release that it approved draft revisions to Article 46 of the Act Governing the Choice of Law in Civil Matters Involving Foreign Elements, which barred those marriages, reported Focus Taiwan.
Saturday, 23 Jan 2021 03:19 PM MYT
BY RADZI RAZAK
The Malaysian Bar president Salim Bashir said that there was nothing wrong with the transfer of judges from court to court as it is up to the Chief Justice of Malaysia, FMT reported. Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
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KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 23 The Malaysian Bar president Salim Bashir said the transfer of judge Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali who convicted former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak last year is a “normal” matter.
Free Malaysia Today (FMT), quotes Salim who said that there was nothing wrong with the transfer of judges from court to court as it is up to the Chief Justice of Malaysia (CJM).
Saying sorry does not cut it, says criminologist 20 Jan 2021 / 15:00 H.
PETALING JAYA: Someone who slaps a person in public and then apologises for the incident should not be allowed to get away with it, said criminologist Datuk Seri Akhbar Satar.
He said the courts should not give the man any sympathy and punish him accordingly for the offences he committed.
“His apology should be ignored. Firstly, because someone like him will do it again if he is not punished. He also needs to learn that just because he has power, authority and a title, it does not mean he can use it negatively. He should reflect himself positively as people expect those with titles to be better,” Akhbar told
KUALA LUMPUR: Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah and Raja Permaisuri Agong Tunku Hajah Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah have expressed their condolences to the family of former Lord President Tun Dr Mohamed Salleh Abas.