Summary
- SIS Forum urges stronger enforcement of court-ordered maintenance payments.
- Legal advisory service records 1,039 child and spousal maintenance cases.
- Group proposes national Child Support Agency to recover unpaid maintenance.
KUALA LUMPUR, November 15 — Women’s rights organisation SIS Forum has urged the government to strengthen enforcement of court-ordered maintenance payments.
Warning that women and children continue facing financial hardship. Its Telenisa legal advisory service recorded 869 child maintenance cases and 170 spousal maintenance cases between 2016 and 2025.
The group questioned whether the government’s 75% case-resolution target measures actual payments or completed proceedings.
Executive director Rozana Isa called for transparent reporting, stronger legal enforcement and a national Child Support Agency to recover outstanding payments and protect children’s welfare.
