Asean News Headlines as at 7pm on Thursday (Feb 4)

News highlights from Asean countries in the Star-AseanPlus section for Thursday (Feb 4)

‘Individuals have the right to choose’

THE central government has banned schools throughout the vast country from forcing students or faculty members to don a tudung (Muslim headscarf) or any other religious attribute, saying the prerogative for such lies with the individual, not the institution.

Asean News Headlines as at 7pm on Thursday (Feb 4)

News highlights from Asean countries in the Star-AseanPlus section for Thursday (Feb 4)

Indonesia bans schools from making students wear tudung

JAKARTA (The Straits Times/ANN): The Indonesian government has banned schools throughout the country from forcing students or faculty members to wear a tudung (Muslim headscarf) or any other religious attribute, saying the prerogative for such lies with the individual, not the institution.

SPM tamat, guru kagum pelajar kelas corot

Awie keeping fit so he won’t be mistaken for a grandpa

SINGER Datuk Awie has made it a point to be fit and take better care of his health so that he can keep up with his soon-to-be born sixth child.

Never her fault: Malaysian teens share how rape culture affects them

As part of the 16 Days of Activism campaign this year, Malaysian teens speak out about issues that bother them.

Tudung-clad interpreter to the ‘rescue’

SEREMBAN: A tudung-clad interpreter gave a 38-year-old man charged with murdering his father a valuable lesson that one should not judge another merely by their appearance.

Sarah Hildebrand stands up against hubby’s critics

PAN-ASIAN artiste Sarah Hilde­brand has appealed to critics to stop condemning her husband over her decision to remove the tudung (headscarf), reported Kosmo!Netizens lashed out when she uploaded a photograph on Insta­gram of her baring her crowning glory.

Brunei’s Prince Azim dies at 38

Brunei’s Prince Haji ‘Abdul’ Azim has died at the age of 38.