PETALING JAYA: The special unit to counter child pornography to be set up under the police Sexual, Women and Child Investigation Division (D11) and more funding for One Stop Social Support Centres are long awaited moves, said women’s groups.
Malaysia's northeastern Terengganu state will punish women for donning men's clothing and conceiving out-of-wedlock pregnancies. The state also outlawed 'witchcraft and sorcery'. The move has drawn the ire of human rights activists in South-East Asia. The laws that were passed by the Terengganu state assembly earlier this month make legislative provisions for punishments by a fine of up to 5,000 ringgit ($1,134), a three-year jail term and six lashes, or any combination of the three.