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PAS lawmaker whacked over caning suggestion

By RAZAK AHMAD

PETALING JAYA: A PAS lawmaker is getting a tongue-lashing from rights groups for suggesting that out-of-wedlock pregnancies be punished by caning.

Datuk Noor Farida Ariffin, a mem­­ber of the G25 group of eminent Ma­­lays, said it indicated a worrying obsession with punishment.

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