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THAILAND’S ISLAMIC council has – for the first time in history – issued a ban on child marriage nationwide. This followed public anger sparked by the marriage earlier this year of an 11-year-old child to a man four times her age.

PETALING JAYA: Selangor’s Islamic religious authorities have called for tighter restrictions to underage marriage and the legal marrying age for girls to be raised from 16 to 18.

KUALA LUMPUR: The Government can intervene and ban child marriages to protect children from being exploited, says Datuk Dr Mujahid Yusuf Rawa.

KOTA BARU: Religious authorities say the bridegroom in the child marriage controversy here is “not off the hook” although elements of force, violence and criminal intimidation have been ruled out.

PETALING JAYA: A 41-year-old father of six has taken a girl 30 years younger than him as his third wife.