Domestic Violence Act gender-blind, says Chew


PETALING JAYA: There is no reason to form a separate department under the Women, Family and Community Development Ministry to deal with domestic violence against men, say both women’s groups and the ministry itself.

Women’s Aid Organisation executive director Sumitra Visvanathan has called the proposal “completely unnecessary”.

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