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Malaysia to haul some 10,000 national service AWOL youths to court
KUALA LUMPUR : Some 10,000 Malaysian youths who have failed to turn up for a fledgling national service training programme will be hauled to court and may face a possible jail sentence, a senior official said Friday.
Ahmad Fawzi Mohamad Basri, national service training council chairman said the names of those absent from the programme would submitted to its legal department.
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"We will submit their names to the legal department for action," he was quoted by Bernama news agency as saying.
Ahmad Fawzi said under the National Service Act, those who failed to turn up could be fined 3,000 ringgit (789 dollars) or sentenced to six months jail or both upon conviction.
Malaysia started non-military national service training for 18-year-old youths in February to boost patriotism and racial integration.
But reports of fighting, riots, extortion and sexual harassment have prompted opposition politicians to call for a suspension of the two-month-old scheme.
Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak, who is also defence minister, was quoted as saying that the trouble should not be blown out of proportion.
"One or two incidents have happened and we are looking at them. However, it does not warrant the suspension of the whole program," he said Tuesday.
