Hannah Yeoh hopes new government will continue efforts against domestic violence
Sunday, 08 Mar 2020 10:37 AM MYTHannah Yeoh distributes carnations to park-goers at Taman Rimba Kiara, Petaling Jaya March 8, 2020. — Picture by Firdaus Latif
“The issue with domestic violence data is that it is not collected in a meaningful way. That is why we established it. In October 2019, Yeoh had announced the government’s intention to set up a multi-stakeholder committee to look into issues of sexual harassment and domestic violence against women.
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