Malaysia Violence

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  Previously Unknown Indigenous Language Discovered In Malaysia

  A previously-undiscovered indigenous language in Malaysia reflects a way of life where the sexes enjoy great equality and there is little violence, researchers have found, prompting activists Wednesday to demand better protection for tribespeople.

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  Malaysia Ready To Provide Temporary Shelter For Rohingya Fleeing Violence

  Malaysia's coast guard will not turn away Rohingya Muslims fleeing violence in Myanmar and is willing to provide them temporary shelter, the maritime agency's chief said on Friday.

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  Man Chops Off Wife's Hands And Feet in Malaysia

  A mother-of-three is being treated in a Malaysian hospital after her husband hacked off her hands and feet with a meat cleaver before hanging himself.

• South Sudan violence: India shuts down oilfields, evacuates employees

  India today evacuated all its oil employees from strife-torn South Sudan and shut down oilfields amid escalating violence in the world's youngest nation.

• Muslims celebrate Eid across the world amid bomb blasts, threat of violence

  Muslims marked the Eid-ul-Fitr festival on Thursday with feasts and prayers, even as bombings killed dozens of people in Asia and the threat of fresh violence loomed in the Middle East.

• Indonesia Buddhist temple blast protests violence against Myanmar Muslims: Government

  A small bomb exploded at a Buddhist temple in Indonesia's capital, slightly injuring three people, in protest against violence against Rohingya Muslims in Buddhist-majority Myanmar, a government official said.

• Malaysian troops attack armed Philippine group in Sabah

  Malaysian troops launched an attack on an armed Filipino group on Tuesday, trying to end a standoff on Borneo island after violence in recent days that killed at least 27 people, a Malaysian government official said.

• Malaysia standoff with armed Filipinos ends in violence

  A standoff between Malaysian security forces and armed Filipinos ended in violence on Friday, with at least two police officers killed amid conflicting reports of casualties as Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak declared his patience had run out.

• Call for ban on 'violent' Tamil TV shows in Malaysia

  A Consumers Association in multi ethnic Malaysia has called for a ban on Tamil serial dramas from India that depict violence and social ills.

• Kamal Haasan defends violence in Tamil cinema

  Kamal Haasan has dismissed allegations by Malaysian political parties that violence in Tamil movies is pushing ethnic Malaysian youth towards crime.