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Domestic violence not a private matter – all can help tackle issue
Government agencies and crisis shelters are helping out, but we need to do more to protect victims.
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Shahrany Hassan
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Her head down and arms folded, Ms Chan sat at the back of the hall at an event at our shelter for victims of domestic violence, Casa Raudha. She sat alone amid a sea of women eating and talking.
I went up to her and asked why she was not with the others.
