The main population of Malaysia consists of Malays, Chinese, and Indians. Sometimes, they only speak their native language, so the government has to translate all important messages into Mandarin and Tamil. English is a semi-official language, used for tourists and other smaller ethnic groups, as well as many universities and schools.
it is its own country so stfu about "womens rights" sh#t when you havent been there. lived there for ten years and you made a stupid judgement based off of a poorly put together picdump on a country on which it was heavily focused on the muslim aspect of life. there are thai, malaysian, japanese, korean and many other nationalities that live there... you are a f@#ked up person for basing others lives on your standards. Again, stfu.
PS. Marilyn is correct, all countries have 'strange' traditions to outsiders.