Solving the problem of intimate partner violence

Intimate partner violence, which includes domestic violence, is any behaviour within an intimate relationship that causes physical, psychological or sexual harm to those in the relationship. Photo: Pixabay

In April 2023, a housewife in her 20s was choked to death by her 30-something-year-old restaurant-worker husband, following a heated argument at their rented room in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. He subsequently tried to take his own life and was put under police watch at the hospital. This was just one of the many cases of intimate-partner violence reported in the media this year.

In May, a man in Kota Kinabalu was detained for the murder of his ex-fiancee. He allegedly stabbed her eight times after she refused to reconcile with him.