Turns out it’s not women in pants after all.
Turns out it’s not women in pants after all.. Malaysia fines unmarried couples for holding hands in public. Imagine! In public!
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Reader comments
nelzsJun 05, 2003 at 1:16AM
Ipoh sucks! No, the whole northeastern region of the Malay Peninsula sucks! A particular state in those parts is governed by a fundamentalist party.. they would prefer the state to match the conditions in Afganistan when Al-Queda ruled. Be elsewhere when you're in Malaysia.
tomasJun 05, 2003 at 10:35AM
It's a good thing we live in a much more enlightened society.
mikeJun 06, 2003 at 12:48AM
it's a silly law enforced by overzealous officials in the town. it generated a little bit of a furore, and thankfully, they're now doing something against it.
http://202.186.86.35/news/story.asp?file=/2003/6/5/nation/ipkguard&newspage=Search
jonathanpohJun 06, 2003 at 4:34AM
I'm a resident of Ipoh and FYI it's not located in the northeastern states of Malaysia "governed by a fundamentalist party". Ipoh is in the state of Perak on the west coast of the peninsular and not run by a fundamentalist party. I won't go into the politics of our nation but I can tell you that not all Malaysians are Muslim fundamentalists looking to transform it into another Afghanistan.
Besides, this hand-holding issue IS a silly thing and locals are all against it, and are lobbying to abolish the bylaw. Read the news on our local daily, The Star.
nelzsJun 07, 2003 at 2:38AM
sorry. it was a long day and the news irked me.
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