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Coming to grips with domestic violence
KUALA LUMPUR: Hidayah (not her real name) feels her life is a waking nightmare. Her husband is in Labuan and she and her son have been stuck in her parents’ house in Seremban ever since the Movement Control Order was
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MCO sees spike in domestic violence cases
KUALA LUMPUR: During a pandemic, the safest place for anyone is his or her home. Unfortunately, for women with abusive spouses, their home is anything but a safe haven, more so during the Movement Control Order (MCO) when they were homebound
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Yeoh: Anger, drug addiction main causes of domestic violence
KUALA LUMPUR: Deputy Women, Family and Community Development Minister Hannah Yeoh said that anger, misunderstandings and drug addiction were the leading causes of domestic violence. She said that based on the statistics this year, anger was the main cause of
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Myanmar activists fight to outlaw domestic violence
YANGON: Cradling her one-year-old daughter in a house in southern Myanmar, 22-year-old Nu Nu Aye recalled the reasons her husband gave for beating her. She had not looked after his rooster. She would not have sex with him. In a
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South Korean man nabbed for assaulting Vietnamese wife
SEOUL: A 36-year-old South Korean man was arrested last Saturday for allegedly assaulting his wife and abusing their toddler son. According to police, the man is accused of beating his wife, 30, for over three hours starting last Thursday at
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