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Malaysia
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Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. It consists of two geographical regions divided by the South China Sea: Peninsular Malaysia and Malaysian Borneo.
Malaysia is a multi-ethnic, multi-cultural and multilingual society. Politically dominated by the Malays (about 52% of the population), the country has substantial Chinese (about 30%) and Indian (about 8%) minorities. The overall population is about 27 million and the capital is Kuala Lumpur.
The official language is Malay, although many other languages are also spoken, including English (as a business language and in tourism), Tamil and various Chinese dialects (as minority languages).
[edit] Spanking in Malaysia
Spanking children for punishment has a long tradition in Malaysia and continues to the present day. Spankings are most commonly given with a rattan cane, either on the clothed bottom (at school) or on the bare bottom (in the privacy of the home, rarely in public because that is considered too shameful). Hand-spanking is probably also common for smaller children, but there is little information on that.
Located in the heart of Southeast Asia, Malaysia is one of the world's leading producers of rattan and therefore such canes are available at low prices in shops, even in modern supermarkets. For preteen children, lightweight canes of small diameter are used, whereas bigger diameter canes are usually reserved for older (teenaged) children. Malaysian boys are probably subject to more and harder canings than girls, though there are no known statistics on that.
Malaysia introduced Western style school uniforms in the late 19th century during the British colonial era. Today, school uniforms are almost universal in the public and private school systems. Public school uniforms are compulsory for all students and standardised nationwide.
Malaysia is also one of the few countries that still use judicial corporal punishment and prison corporal punishment. Such punishments are also given with a rattan cane on the delinquent's bare buttocks, but a longer and thicker cane is used and the strokes are so given with full force so that they do severe damage to the body tissue, draw blood and can also leave scars. The delinquent is restrained in an A-frame for the procedure. Only males are subject to judicial canings. Caning is a standard punishment for more than 40 crimes in Malaysia, ranging from sexual abuse to drug use. The law defines punishment ranges from 6 to a maximum of 24 strokes.
Malaysia's preference of corporal punishment may be in part due to the British rule from 1824 to 1960, and in part due to the corporal punishment traditions of Islam, which is the main religion of the country. However, non-muslim Malaysians, such as significant parts of the Chinese or Indian minorities, spank their children no less.
The Malay word for 'cane' is rotan, which means rattan and is the origin of the English word.
[edit] Malaysian spanking art
No Malaysian spanking artist is known so far, except for Malaysia's best-known cartoonist Lat, who did a few humorous cartoon references to spanking. The country's strict anti-pornography laws make it a legal problem to produce erotic adult spanking art. Non-erotic artwork, photographs and videos of spanking or caning are no legal problem, however. In former Pudu Prison (KL), which is now a museum, visitors are shown photographs and a video of judicial caning, for example.
