The Straits Times reports today that Malaysia has caned three women in a prison near KL. This is the first caning of women since independence. Still pending, I believe, is the caning of an actress caught drinking beer with her husband. Also in Malaysia, the use of the world "Allah" for God is now illegal for non-moslems, even though this is the word for "God" is Malay. Christian bibles and references to God in Christian malay-language newspapers are now punishable offenses. Malaysia continues to make progress in the direction it is going.