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Malaysia scraps mandatory death sentence for drugs
Kyodo News, Published on 01/12/2017
» KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's lower house of Parliament on Thursday passed an amendment to end the country's mandatory death sentencing of drug traffickers.
Asean crisis; Malaysia rejects Rohingya stance
Kyodo News, Published on 26/09/2017
» KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia has rejected an Asean statement on the crisis in Myanmar's Rakhine State as a "misrepresentation of the reality" and faulted it for not mentioning atrocities being perpetrated by that country's security forces against the Rohingya Muslims including 400,000 fleeing refugees.
Activists seek pet registration law to reduce strays
Kyodo News, Published on 02/09/2017
» An animal welfare groups are brainstorming ideas to press for new legislation to require registration of pets, in hopes of reducing the high number of stray dogs and cats around the country in the long term.