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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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Gov't to propose stricter SOP for child marriages
The cases will be heard before Syariah high court judges instead of lower court judges.
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Underage marriage continues to haunt Malaysia
COMMENT | We emphasise again the urgency for laws to be amended and for these laws to include all children.
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Child rapists 'should be shot' - Siti Hasmah
PM's wife expresses frustration at religious leaders whose narrow focus excludes moral values.
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Shameful reporting on child marriage in Prai by local daily
LETTER | I question the article's intention, and whether laws have been broken by releasing the child's name.
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Family agrees to postpone marriage of 11-year-old child
This follows police advising the Rohingya family in Penang to follow state religious law.
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Social activist stops marriage of child bride in Prai
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Terengganu child marriage numbers alarming
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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Cease Muslim stereotyping in child marriage issue
LETTER | The are more non-Muslim underage marriages than there are Muslim.
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'Child marriage a necessity in Kelantan’ – roundtable by PAS gov’t concludes
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Maszlee: Child marriage among reasons for primary school dropouts
UPDATED 5:55PM | PARLIAMENT | Other reasons include poverty, students' lack of interest, indifferent attitude of parents and sickness.
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DPM: Underage marriage not the solution to social problems
PARLIAMENT | Wan Azizah says the government won't compromise on matters pertaining to children and their protection.
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Mahathir ordered states to raise minimum marriage age to 18 - report
Up to individual state to process PM's directive, says Penang exco Chong Eng.
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What's with child marriage in Malaysia?
LETTER | To eradicate child marriage and labour, Malaysia must move away from treating education as a privilege.
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Standardise legal age for marriage, UN rep tells gov't
Boer-Buquicchio says M'sia should do away with its dual legal system where child marriage is concerned.
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DPM calls on M'sians to fight 'social disasters' together
These include cases of child marriage, which Wan Azizah likens to paedophilia.
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TMJ: 'Absolute madness' to lower marriageable age to 14
Tunku Ismail responds to a mufti's suggestion to bring down the age of marriage even further.
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Wrong to say Islam against banning child marriage, says preacher
PKR Youth leader says Muslim scholars have differing opinions on the age of puberty and age of maturity.
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Child marriage ban – consult women's group, DPM urged
Social activist Marina Mahathir says the groups would help provide her with solid justifications against the practice.
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Mujahid urges syariah judges to follow SOP on child marriages
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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Parents don’t own their children, or do they?
COMMENT | Child marriage happens because parents think they own their children and prefer to do what is best for themselves.
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Underaged Muslim girls deserve to be protected by the law, too
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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LFL: DPM is 'breathtakingly irresponsible' to suggest child consented to marriage
UPDATED 1.03PM | Continued inaction against child marriages turning Malaysia into a "haven for paedophiles", the human rights group says.
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15-year-old child bride consented to marriage - DPM
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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Ministry’s planned child marriage SOP enables legalised paedophilia
LETTER | Such an SOP would make it permissible for certain parents to continue ‘selling’ their children.
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Inaction over child marriage giving paedophiles licence to groom
LETTER | Dithering in Gua Musang case sends signal to paedophiles that they can get away with their crimes.
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Syariah judges should be made aware of the effects of child marriage
MP SPEAKS | They must not be swayed by parents who claim they are providing a better future for their child.
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Call for gov’t to buck up and address child marriages urgently
Future of Malaysian girls at stake as authorities delay action, cautions NGO.
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Man yet to apply in court to marry 11-year-old, says Yeoh
PARLIAMENT | Deputy women's minister also confirms that investigation paper has been submitted to the AG.
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DPM's catastrophic handling of child bride case
LETTER | Wan Azizah's interview raises serious questions as to whether she is really committed to ending child marriages in M'sia.