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Indonesian police seize Thai cannabis bound for UK
Published on 05/08/2024
» JAKARTA - Indonesian police have arrested two people for their alleged links to a marijuana smuggling network, foiling plans to send the drug in packages of bed linen and cat toys from Southeast Asia to the United Kingdom, authorities said on Monday.
Indonesia eases strict abortion law
Published on 01/08/2024
» Indonesia will allow women to have an abortion up to 14 weeks into their pregnancy in some instances, compared with six weeks previously, as part of regulatory changes aimed at arresting one of Southeast Asia’s highest rates of maternal mortality.
Malaysia seeks to decriminalise possession, use of small amounts of drugs
Published on 15/05/2023
» KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia wants to introduce a law to decriminalise the possession and use of small quantities of illicit drugs, its home affairs minister said on Monday, citing a need to reduce prison overcrowding.
Malaysia seeks to decriminalise suicide attempts
Reuters, Published on 04/04/2023
» KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia is seeking to decriminalise suicide attempts, its law minister said on Tuesday, the latest in a recent slew of legal reforms pursued by Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim's government.
Vogue Singapore penalised for promoting 'non-traditional' families
AFP, Published on 15/10/2022
» Authorities have shortened Vogue Singapore's publishing permit, issuing a "stern warning" to the fashion magazine for its content containing nudity and promoting "non-traditional families".
LGBTQ Singaporeans welcome sex law repeal, decry marriage exclusion
AFP, Published on 22/08/2022
» SINGAPORE: Singapore's LGBTQ community on Monday welcomed the government's plan to decriminalise gay sex but warned that amending the constitution to enshrine the traditional definition of marriage would promote further inequality.
Singapore to repeal colonial-era law against gay sex: PM
AFP, Published on 21/08/2022
» SINGAPORE: Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced Sunday the country will repeal a colonial-era law criminalising gay sex, though he maintained that the government will continue to "uphold" marriage as being between a man and a woman.
Singapore makes biggest cannabis seizure in 14 years
Published on 19/03/2021
» SINGAPORE: Singapore's anti-narcotics agency has made its biggest seizure of cannabis in 14 years after conducting a series of raids this week in the city-state, which has some of the world's toughest drugs laws including capital punishment.
Spain legalises euthanasia, assisted suicide
AFP, Published on 18/03/2021
» MADRID: Spain's parliament voted through a law legalising euthanasia Thursday, becoming one of the few nations to allow terminally-ill or gravely-injured patients to end their own suffering.
Singapore’s leader welcomes LGBTQ people in tech talent pitch
Bloomberg News, Published on 18/11/2020
» Gay and lesbian people are “valued members of society” and welcome in Singapore, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said Wednesday, in a statement that is at odds with his government’s resistance to popular efforts to decriminalise homosexuality.