THE MARRIAGE of a Malaysian man to an 11-year-old Thai girl in Narathiwat province has clearly violated various Thai laws, a former UN committee member on the Rights of the Child said yesterday.

THE SAMUT SAKHON Provincial Court on Wednesday approved an arrest warrant for a 40-year-old Thai man accused of assaulting and raping his 11-year-old autistic stepdaughter, who was rushed by a taxi driver on Tuesday night to a hospital in an unconscious and bleeding state.