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evening-edition · talkback · 27 Jan 2015 · 06:05 pm · 55 mins listen
It was reported in January 2015 that the Women, Family and Community Development Ministry were proposing to abolish only the caning of minors in court. This clarified initial reports saying that a proposal was put in by the ministry to outlaw the caning of children by parents and teachers. But the ministry added that as a signatory of the CRC, Malaysia was obligated to end corporal punishment for children. And that's what we asked: Should all forms of caning be abolished in Malaysia?
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