WOMEN’s Aid Organisation (WAO) is disappointed by the comments reportedly made by the Deputy Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Heng Seai Kie in the report “Nosy in-laws may turn outlaws when Act is amended” (The Star, Nov 29).
In speaking about the amended Domestic Violence Act (DVA), which is due to be tabled in the Dewan Negara on Dec 9, the deputy minister reportedly said that “There have been many cases where mothers-in-law, grandmothers and stepmothers were instrumental in causing the offenders to abuse their wives or children.”