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More than six years after his wife died while giving birth to their son, a Singaporean man obtained new medical records that suggested her death could have been due to negligent medical treatment. He launched a legal suit to seek dependency claims for his wife's obstetrician.

Sharon Palani had previously discussed a similar case with Dr George Lee in 2015 about a boy who was left permanently disabled during birth. If you are interested in more medico legal cases, such as whether you're permitted to conceive your dead daughter's baby or if you have the right to die, look up the medico legal tag under bfm.my/healthandliving.

On March 25th, the highest court in the land ruled in a 3-2 split decision that only Muslims can practice Shariah law, clarifying for the first time a law made in Parliament 23 years ago. The landmark judgment ended Victoria Jayaseele Martin’s seven-year legal battle to be a Shariah lawyer. Explaining the Federal Court's decision and its ramifications is Shariah lawyer Nizam Bashir.

The founder of Pusaka returns to introduce not only a performing group--the Mak Yong Cahaya Matahari from Kuala Besut,  Kelantan--its lineage and and the weight of its inherited legacy,  but also to tell about the tales the company will be performing. In the course of the conversation, he informs about a project underwritten by Asia Foundation that seeks to empower and sustain a Mak Yong community.