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Horrific New Rape Bill Proposed In Malaysia

 
 
Shortfatdyke
07:12 / 18.06.02
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_2050000/2050014.stm

please take the time to have a look at the above story. the new bill will mean that rape can only be proved if it is witnessed by four male muslims. women's groups in malaysia are saying that the koran is being abused in order to repress women in the country.
 
 
sleazenation
10:29 / 18.06.02
On the plus side it does look unlikely that this bill will be passed without a fight from the federal moderate muslim and non-muslim government .

however even scarier than the proposed law is its orginal draft which in addition to stating that 4 male muslim witnesses were needed to prove rape, any woman having a child out of wedlock (including cases of rape) would also be punishable by stonning...
 
 
Sax
14:06 / 18.06.02
I was in Malaysia a couple of weeks ago and followed a case in the papers about a woman who had made a rape allegation against a neighbour. Because she'd had an affair previously her claim was completely dismissed. The reports actually read like she was on trial, not the guy.

Strange country. It's ultra modern in some respects, and positively mediaeval in others.
 
 
SMS
16:22 / 18.06.02
The reports actually read like she was on trial, not the guy.

I don't imagine this is terribly uncommon in any part of the world.
 
 
SMS
16:24 / 18.06.02
Er... that's said with a sigh and a hanging head. Not meant to defend the report.
 
  
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