Malacca opens first school for pregnant teens

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Malaysia's first school for pregnant teenagers opened on Friday but the controversial facility, aimed at curbing an epidemic of "baby dumping", has yet to sign up a single student.

Conservative commentators in Muslim-majority Malaysia have complained that Sekolah Harapan or "School of Hope" will only encourage premarital sex.

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