Tag: Malaysia law
I don’t want to be PM when I’m 100, Mahathir says of proposed two-term limit
"I am 94 years old, you want me to be PM at 100?" he said.
‘Merciless’: Malaysia Bar calls for lighter sentence after 6 men jailed for skipping prayers to picnic at a famous waterfall
The men were slapped with a RM2,400 fine and one-month jail sentence each.
Malaysia passes law to scrap anti-fake news act – after debate which saw bickering and ‘sexist’ remark made
During the debate, the minister told a female politician he could not tell if she was a man or a woman.
Malaysian senator proposes new law to ‘protect’ men who are ‘seduced’ by women into committing rape and incest
The senator said that his proposal should be given due consideration so that "the men in this country are safe, and the country is peaceful”.
Teens as young as 18 can now vote and even become MPs, thanks to changes in Malaysia’s highest law
Previously, the youngest MPs were former PM Najib Razak and Batu MP P. Prabakaran, who were both elected at 22 years old.
Almost 50% of Malaysian parents think physical punishment should be allowed in schools: YouGov
But some parents think that physical punishment at home or at school should be made illegal.
Malaysians are enraged after George Clooney said the boycott of hotels owned by Brunei’s sultan was a ‘warning shot’ to Malaysia and...
Malaysia’s deputy foreign minister Datuk Marzuki Yahya said that while LGBT+ lifestyles deviate from Islam, the government will not impose such a punishment on the group.
After months of promising to abolish the death penalty, Malaysia’s government now makes U-turn
A group of lawyers said the backtracking of the abolition was "shocking, unprincipled and embarrassing".
Malaysia among most dangerous of 14 countries in APAC ranked for women’s safety, study says
Malaysia was ranked 10th out of 14 for women's safety in a ranking of APAC countries with major cities.
Umno MPs demanded Malaysia’s top judges resign for dancing to ‘Let’s Twist Again’ – and Twitter isn’t having it
And at least one person felt the whole thing was Chubby Checker's fault for writing such a catchy song.