Bar Council: Laws empowering separation of children and parents must have safeguards


  • Nation
  • Sunday, 19 Jan 2014

PETALING JAYA: Harsh, unreasonable and disproportionate to the allegation.

That is the reaction of lawyers to the detention and remand of a Malaysian couple since Dec 18, pending investigations by Swedish authorities, after they were separated from their children for allegedly hitting their son on the hand when he did not perform his prayers.

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