KUALA LUMPUR: Amendments to the Domestic Violence Act 1994 (DVA) to be tabled before the current Parliament meeting ends next month will not be confined to protecting female victims, but will also include protection for male victims. The Act is current being amended to give it more bite, said Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Rohani Abdul Karim (pic). According to the Royal Malaysian Police and the Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development, the number of incidents involving male victims of domestic violence has been rising. There were 650 cases of domestic violence against men reported in 2010, 815 cases in 2011, and 930 cases in 2012. Three years ago, Rohani said that 958 out of 3,673 reported cases of domestic violence in Malaysia involved male victims.

Source: The Star March 22, 2017 06:45 UTC