Boy's pork lunch sparks religious tensions in Malaysia

("EarthTimes," November 12, 2010)

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - The controversy surrounding the case of a boy who was caned for taking pork to school for lunch has threatened to spark religious tensions in mainly-Muslim Malaysia. Earlier this month, a school's assistant principal caned 10-year-old Basil Beginda from the eastern state of Sarawak for taking fried rice with pork to school for his lunch.