MATARAM (Indonesia): An Indonesian district has ordered male civil servants to pay US$80 (RM261) to marry a second wife to crack down on polygamy, officials said, but activists criticised it as a “crazy” bid to profit from the practice.
Male officials in the world’s most populous Muslim-majority country were already required to get written permission from their superiors if they wanted a second wife.
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