From: Spin Doctor <sd@dev.null>
Date: Sat, 22 Nov 1997 10:03:19 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: And made to write bad checks...
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* In August the Johor Baru Religious Affairs Department in
Malaysia announced that convicted sexual "deviants" would, in
addition to serving prison time as punishment, be bound and
whipped. 

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