Sand smuggling is big business in South Asia. Although it is difficult to imagine how something as basic as sand could generate much cash in a smuggling operation, Singapore has an insatiable desire for sand in its reclamation and development projects…and the money to pay for it.
Since the 1960’s, Singapore has grown in size by [...]

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Here’s an unusual approach to helping single parents.
A Malaysian legislator in the state of Kelantan suggested that legislators increase their quota of wives by marrying single mothers. Polygamy is legal in Malaysia for Muslims and the suggested quota is four wives.
The state’s executive councilor Wan Ubaidah Omar suggested that special awards be given to the [...]

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Sometime this week Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno of Malaysia will receive six whacks from a rattan cane.
Her crime is that as a Muslim woman she was caught drinking beer.
However, she will be the first Muslim woman caned for drinking beer in Malaysia. Malaysia, which is 60% Muslim, operates under Sharia law. Non-Muslims are punished under [...]

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Malaysia’s Tourism Minister has denounced a rumored sex party planned for a beach on New Year’s Eve.
“A sex party is against our culture and religion and if it went on, it would damage the country’s reputation worldwide,” said Datuk Seri Azalina Othman.
The “no undies” sex party bans men from wearing briefs and requires women to [...]

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Kickdefella
No one dies a virgin, Life screws us all.
A Malaysian blogger, Syed Azidi Syed Aziz, has been detained on charges of sedition for hanging a picture of the Malaysian flag upside down. Of course, an upside down flag signifies distress.
A month ago Syed Azidi asked for support in opposing the government of Prime Minister [...]

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Malaysian Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim was unexpectedly arrested yesterday on sodomy charges. Ibrahim, head of a coalition of opposition parties, has been an unexpectedly strong candidate against the incumbent regime. Last March, the three-party coalition Ibrahim heads made strong inroads in Parliament.  
 
Last week Ibrahim was accused of sodomizing a male aide. He has denied it [...]

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Malaysian politics must be a tabloid writer’s dream. The race for Prime Minister is set between sexual misconduct charges, denials, criminal wrongdoings, denials and retractions.
 
Just last week Anwar Ibrahim, the primary opposition candidate, was accused of forcing a man to have sex with him. He had previously served six years in prison on sodomy and [...]

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Malaysian police began an investigation into opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim. Anwar has been accused of sodomizing his 23-year-old male aide. The aide says it is not the first time it happened, but he reported it this time because he needed to obtain “justice” for himself.
Ibrahim had lead his party to a strong showing in the [...]

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Malaysia is mulling over a law to require Malaysian women to get present a letter from an employer or the woman’s parents before traveling abroad. Because Malaysians have few visa restrictions, they are often used as drug mules. With the letter a government spokesperson said, “We will know for sure where and for what she [...]

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