A Malaysian Lawmaker claims that women who “refuse” to have sex with their husbands are guilty of “emotional and psychological abuse”.

In a parliamentary debate about domestic violence laws, Che Mohamad Zulkifly Jusoh also suggested men with wives who “nag” were also victims.

Malaysian politicians are in the process of reviewing the country’s domestic violence laws, which activists hope will offer better protection to women.

Mr Zulkifly, an MP for the ruling right-wing Barisan Nasional party, said men “suffered emotional rather than physical abuse”.

“Even though men are said to be physically stronger than women, there are cases where wives hurt or abuse their husbands in an extreme manner,” he told parliament.

“Usually, it involves wives cursing their husbands. This is emotional abuse. They insult their husbands and refuse his sexual needs. All these are types of psychological and emotional abuse.”
The politician, 58, also linked the debate to Malaysia’s controversial polygamy laws, which allow Muslim men to marry up to four wives.

“Some want to marry more than one but need to get permission from their wives, who disagree and begin nagging,” he said.

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