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Rights advocates claim new rule is aimed at people who refuse to touch members of the opposite sex on religious grounds


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By Charlotte Lam

Source: SBS


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Rights advocates claim new rule is aimed at people who refuse to touch members of the opposite sex on religious grounds



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