NGOs: Spare young consensual sex couples in bill
KUALA LUMPUR: Pro-children groups do not want young couples who engage in consensual relationships to be criminalised under the proposed Sexual Offences Against Children Bill. According to a report in...
New child sex crimes law could be implemented in June
PETALING JAYA: Malaysia’s new law against child sexual crimes could take effect as early as June. But first, the Government wants to hear from all stakeholders, including the public. At...
Former Malaysia beauty queen says divorce proceedings in KL ‘redundant’
KUALA LUMPUR – Former Miss Malaysia Pauline Chai has claimed that the divorce petition filed against her in Malaysia by tycoon Khoo Kay Peng is now “academic”, as an English...
Pauline Chai divorce case: Proceedings in Malaysia ‘redundant’
KUALA LUMPUR – Former beauty queen Pauline Chai Siew Phin is claiming that the divorce petition filed against her here by tycoon Tan Sri Khoo Kay Peng is now “academic”,...
Domestic violence overlooked in Deepa custody decision
The Association of Women Lawyers welcomes the Federal Court’s decision which has reaffirmed the legal position that the civil courts retain sole jurisdiction over the dissolution of a non-Muslim marriage....