Legalising prostitution in Malaysia / Jenita Kanapathy
Malaysian law criminalises prostitution under ·the Penal Code. In spite of this, prostitution continues to thrive in Malaysia. The aim of this project paper is to provide supportive arguments why legalising prostitution in Malaysia would be a better alternative as compared to the criminalisation...
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| description | Malaysian law criminalises prostitution under ·the Penal Code. In spite of this,
prostitution continues to thrive in Malaysia.
The aim of this project paper is to provide supportive arguments why legalising
prostitution in Malaysia would be a better alternative as compared to the criminalisation
approach. In this paper, prostitution is confined to commercialised sexual gratification
between opposite sexes and does not include child prostitution, lesqian, gays, bisexuals
and transvestites.
The paper also presents arguments on how the current legislation in Malaysia deprives
the sex .workers of their fundamental rights as guaranteed by the Federal Constitution
and how it should be reformed in order to confer sex workers, equal legal standing just
like any other legitimate profession.
In addition, it also examines the legal frameworks of the sex sector adopted by different
countries namely India, Singapore, Hong Ko~g and Turkey in order to develop a
workable legal frame work for use in the Malaysian context.
Finally, the paper delineates the challenges that would be faced to realise the proposed
legal framework for Malaysia. |
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| spelling | my.um.stud-61922016-03-08T05:36:51Z Legalising prostitution in Malaysia / Jenita Kanapathy Jenita, Kanapathy K Law (General) Malaysian law criminalises prostitution under ·the Penal Code. In spite of this, prostitution continues to thrive in Malaysia. The aim of this project paper is to provide supportive arguments why legalising prostitution in Malaysia would be a better alternative as compared to the criminalisation approach. In this paper, prostitution is confined to commercialised sexual gratification between opposite sexes and does not include child prostitution, lesqian, gays, bisexuals and transvestites. The paper also presents arguments on how the current legislation in Malaysia deprives the sex .workers of their fundamental rights as guaranteed by the Federal Constitution and how it should be reformed in order to confer sex workers, equal legal standing just like any other legitimate profession. In addition, it also examines the legal frameworks of the sex sector adopted by different countries namely India, Singapore, Hong Ko~g and Turkey in order to develop a workable legal frame work for use in the Malaysian context. Finally, the paper delineates the challenges that would be faced to realise the proposed legal framework for Malaysia. 2011 Thesis NonPeerReviewed application/pdf http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/6192/1/LEGALISING_PROSTITUTION_IN_MALAYSIA.pdf Jenita, Kanapathy (2011) Legalising prostitution in Malaysia / Jenita Kanapathy. Masters thesis, University of Malaya. http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/6192/ |
| spellingShingle | K Law (General) Jenita, Kanapathy Legalising prostitution in Malaysia / Jenita Kanapathy |
| title | Legalising prostitution in Malaysia / Jenita Kanapathy
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| title_full | Legalising prostitution in Malaysia / Jenita Kanapathy
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| title_fullStr | Legalising prostitution in Malaysia / Jenita Kanapathy
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| title_full_unstemmed | Legalising prostitution in Malaysia / Jenita Kanapathy
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| title_short | Legalising prostitution in Malaysia / Jenita Kanapathy
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| title_sort | legalising prostitution in malaysia / jenita kanapathy |
| topic | K Law (General) |
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