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'''Prostitution in Malaysia''' is restricted<ref name="spl">{{cite web |url= http://spl.ids.ac.uk/sexworklaw/countries |title= Sex Work Law |website= Sexuality, Poverty and Law Programme |access-date= 21 November 2017 }}</ref><ref name="Tlsp">{{cite web|title=The Legal Status of Prostitution by Country|url=http://chartsbin.com/view/snb|publisher=ChartsBin|access-date=19 December 2014}}</ref><ref name="procon">{{cite web |url= https://prostitution.procon.org/view.resource.php?resourceID=000772#greece |title= 100 Countries and Their Prostitution Policies |date= 18 May 2016 |website= ProCon |access-date= 28 November 2017 }}</ref> in all [[States and federal territories of Malaysia|states]] despite it being widespread in the country.<ref name="fmt">{{cite web |url= http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2017/07/22/prostitution-a-big-problem-in-malaysia-says-ex-hotel-security-man/ |title= Prostitution a big problem in Malaysia, says ex-hotel security head |last= Sheith Khidhir Bin Abu Bakar |date= 22 July 2017 |website= FMT News |access-date= 28 November 2017 }}</ref> Related activities such as [[soliciting]] and [[brothels]] are illegal.<ref name="spl" /><ref name="Tlsp" /> In the two states of [[Terengganu]] and [[Kelantan]], Muslims convicted of prostitution may be punishable with [[Caning in Malaysia|public caning]].<ref name="ind">{{cite web |url= https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/malaysian-state-public-caning-sharia-law-break-islamic-muslim-a7838941.html |title= Malaysian state introduces public canings for those who break Sharia law |last= Worley |first= Will |date= 13 July 2017 |website= The Independent |access-date= 28 November 2017 }}</ref>
There were an estimated 150,000 prostitutes in Malaysia in 2014 and that the country's [[sex trade]] generated US$963 million.<ref name="digest">{{cite web |url= http://www.malaysiandigest.com/features/522410-prostitution-in-malaysia-a-taboo-subject-that-is-surprisingly-big-business.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141017052629/http://www.malaysiandigest.com/features/522410-prostitution-in-malaysia-a-taboo-subject-that-is-surprisingly-big-business.html |url-status= usurped |archive-date= 17 October 2014 |title=Prostitution In Malaysia: A Taboo Subject That Is Surprisingly Big Business |date= 10 October 2014 |website= Malaysian Digest |access-date= 28 November 2017 }}</ref>
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