Graphic Anti-Crime Education Stopped
The Malaysian government ordered prison guards to stop demonstrating to schoolchildren how they flog convicts after a new program designed to steer youngsters away from crime drew public criticism.
Prison officials have toured schools to warn students under 13 about the penalties imposed on criminals, using rattan canes to strike life-sized effigies and showing photographs of wounds suffered by convicts who had been whipped.
Opposition leaders, rights activists and many parents said the program could cause psychological harm.
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