Malaysia: Opposition parliamentarian faces three-year sentence for speaking out for women’s rights

Lim Guan Eng, a prominent politician, has been sentenced to three years in prison on what Amnesty International believes are politically motivated charges. He has been outspoken in the past on many issues, especially women’s rights. He was sentenced for his outspoken criticism of the Malaysian government’s handling of allegations of statutary rape made against the Chief Minister of Malacca.

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