Gerakan Wanita calls for permanent end to child marriages

PETALING JAYA: Gerakan Wanita has hailed the proposed Child Sexual Crime Bill, but at the same time called for the Government to review relevant laws to end child marriages permanently.

Gerakan Wanita chief Datuk Tan Lian Hoe (pic) said the move is ending child marriages is a necessity, so that no child offenders could escape punishment by marrying the victims.