There are child mothers among Orang Asli

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Girls as young as 11 were giving birth among Orang Asli, a report said today.

The New Straits Times quoted a government official as saying that he had been shocked during a recent visit to the Cameron Highlands to find mothers as young as 11 and 12 years old in the maternity ward of a local hospital.

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