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K'tan records highest number of marriage applications below age 18
A total of 140 applications made at the state's Syariah Court from 2016 to 2018.
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A total of 140 applications made at the state's Syariah Court from 2016 to 2018.
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The cases will be heard before Syariah high court judges instead of lower court judges.
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COMMENT | We emphasise again the urgency for laws to be amended and for these laws to include all children.
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PM's wife expresses frustration at religious leaders whose narrow focus excludes moral values.
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LETTER | I question the article's intention, and whether laws have been broken by releasing the child's name.
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This follows police advising the Rohingya family in Penang to follow state religious law.
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LETTER | Half of the approved applicants were below the age of 15, with up to 10 applications at the age of 13 approved.
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LETTER | The are more non-Muslim underage marriages than there are Muslim.
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UPDATED 5:55PM | PARLIAMENT | Other reasons include poverty, students' lack of interest, indifferent attitude of parents and sickness.
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PARLIAMENT | Wan Azizah says the government won't compromise on matters pertaining to children and their protection.
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Up to individual state to process PM's directive, says Penang exco Chong Eng.
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LETTER | To eradicate child marriage and labour, Malaysia must move away from treating education as a privilege.
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Boer-Buquicchio says M'sia should do away with its dual legal system where child marriage is concerned.
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These include cases of child marriage, which Wan Azizah likens to paedophilia.
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Tunku Ismail responds to a mufti's suggestion to bring down the age of marriage even further.
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PKR Youth leader says Muslim scholars have differing opinions on the age of puberty and age of maturity.
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Social activist Marina Mahathir says the groups would help provide her with solid justifications against the practice.
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According to the approved guidelines, poverty cannot be used as an excuse to get a child married off, notes the minister.
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COMMENT | Child marriage happens because parents think they own their children and prefer to do what is best for themselves.
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COMMENT | There is nothing stopping Harapan from tabling motions to amend the syariah law in each of the eight states they govern.
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UPDATED 1.03PM | Continued inaction against child marriages turning Malaysia into a "haven for paedophiles", the human rights group says.
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This is based on a Social Welfare Department report on the marriage of the girl and a 44-year-old man.
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LETTER | Such an SOP would make it permissible for certain parents to continue ‘selling’ their children.
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LETTER | Dithering in Gua Musang case sends signal to paedophiles that they can get away with their crimes.
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MP SPEAKS | They must not be swayed by parents who claim they are providing a better future for their child.
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Future of Malaysian girls at stake as authorities delay action, cautions NGO.
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PARLIAMENT | Deputy women's minister also confirms that investigation paper has been submitted to the AG.
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LETTER | Wan Azizah's interview raises serious questions as to whether she is really committed to ending child marriages in M'sia.
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