Calling Your Wife Ugly May Soon Be A Crime In Malaysia

Could you imagine how many Australians would be fined if this ever became a law Down Under:

Calling your wife ugly to humiliate her may soon be considered an
offence under proposed amendments to the Domestic Violence Act 1994.

The
amendments will include a clause on emotional violence against women
who are currently only protected against physical abuse.

Women’s
Development Depart- ment director-general Datuk Dr Noorul Ainur Mohd
Nur said the aim of proposing the amendment was to safeguard women both
physically and emotionally.

She said emotional violence was a
form of abuse that would scar women deeply and lower their self-esteem,
dignity and self-confidence.

“It could be a case when a husband
tells his wife she is ugly or humiliates her until she feels
emotionally pressured,” she told reporters at the end of a seminar on
how to curb violence against women at Wisma Wanita here yesterday.

She added that they were in the process of bringing the proposed amendments to Parliament.  [The Star Online]