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Anita is a divorcee and single mother of two young daughters. It has been very hard for her. “I have no one but myself and my daughters. I have to work 7 days a week as a lecturer in various colleges to provide for my daughters. I am constantly worried [...]

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The below article is written by a lawyer, Richard Wee and is originally posted at Richard Wee Lopez’s blog. (Use with permission)
Parliament has to intervene when there is an issue of jurisdictional conflict between Syariah and civil laws.
LAST year, the Federal Court in the case of Subashini Raja singam v Saravanan Thanga thoray, by a [...]

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The governmental Women’s Development Department plans to propose to Parliament to enact a law which put Malaysian men in jail when they psychologically assult their wife.
Currently Malaysian law only protect woman from physical violence.
Women’s groups told the department that husbands who “demonstrate a pattern of causing mental and psychological damage” should face counseling, [...]

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This is basically a youtube commercial of a family and divorce lawyer in US. If any lawyer does this in Malaysia, he/she will definitely get into trouble as Malaysian Bar imposes a very stringent advertising rules or rather does not allow lawyers to advertise their service in many places.
You may find the details of [...]

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contributed by Leanne L. (Law student of University of Malaya) 
You have heard about it, seen it on your flat screen TVs, or splashed across (more often than not) tabloid papers. You can feel sympathy, rage, disgust, or even empathy— it does not change the fact that the issue of adultery is here to stay, and [...]

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