Court caning of minors may end

PETALING JAYA: The Women, Family and Community Development Ministry says that there is no proposal to outlaw the caning of children by parents and teachers.

It was clarifying some newspaper reports that quoted Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Rohani Abdul Karim as saying that parents who use the cane on their children could be jailed under a new Act to be tabled in June to replace the Child Act 2001.