Personal matters like enticement shouldn’t be part of Penal Code, say women NGOs


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WOMEN’S rights groups agree that there’s no need for the enticement law to be made gender-neutral, as it should just be struck from the Penal Code.

Also, the organisations believe such personal matters should not be part of Malaysia’s criminal law, which is under the power of the state.

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