Domestic violence: a study on the legal protection for women in Malaysia / Adilah Mohtar, Saidatun Nadiah Mohd Noh and Sarah Munirah Abdullah.

• Main Authors: Mohtar, Adilah, Mohd Noh, Saidatun Nadiah, Abdullah, Sarah Munirah
• Format: Student Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2007
• Subjects: Women; Abuse of persons; Family violence. Domestic violence. Conjugal violence; Protection, assistance and relief
• Online Access: http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/32833/1/32833.pdf; http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/32833/

Until recently, most walks in life in Malaysia regarded domestic violence as a taboo subject. Victims refuse to talk and prefer to suffer in silent while the abusers kept being inhumane, thinking that no law can stop them. Although these inhumane conducts are wrong, the laws do not seem to be seriou...