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A Malaysian state's move to send 57 schoolboys with "effeminate tendencies" to a boot camp aimed at counseling them on masculine behavior has angered rights groups in the Southeast Asian country, Reuters reports.

The schoolboys, aged 13 to 17 and living in northeastern Malaysia, were selected for the boot camp for displaying "some feminine characteristics".

The four-day camp, which ended Thursday, included religious lectures, visiting local mosques and aerobics workouts.

"Corrective boot camps to 'fix' children and individuals must not be condoned because it violates the rights of people who are perceived as 'different'," a coalition of gender equality groups said in a statement.

The country's Women, Family and Community Development Minister Shahrizat Abdul Jalil has called for such camps, of which this was the first known example in Malaysia, to be abolished. （點擊路透社網站查看原文）

馬來西亞“偽娘”受訓引爭議

??????? 據路透社報道，馬來西亞某州日前將57名有所謂“女性化傾向”的男學生送入營地訓練，以重拾陽剛之氣，此舉激怒了這一東南亞國家的多家人權組織。

???????這些13-17歲的學生來自馬來西亞東北部，由于表現出過多的女性化傾向，被選中受訓。

???????為期四天的訓練已于周四結束，內容包括宗教課、拜訪當地清真寺以及體能訓練。

???????馬來西亞一家性平等組織同盟發表聲明稱，男子漢訓練營把那些孩子看作“異類”，企圖對他們進行“矯正”，這是干涉人權，不可饒恕。

???????馬來西亞婦女、家庭及社會發展部部長沙赫里扎特·阿卜杜勒·賈利勒表示，這是馬來西亞首次出現此類訓練營，要予以廢止。

(China.org.cn April 26, 2011)