Malaysia should protect child victims from marrying their rapists


  • Nation
  • Wednesday, 05 Apr 2017

Deputy Home Affairs Minister Datuk Nur Jazlan Mohamed reply to media at the launching of International Drug Prevention and Rehabitation Conference at Police Collage at Cheras on October 26, 2016. Looking on were IGP Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar and Deputy Vice-Chancellor of USIM Prof. Dr. Zulkiple Abd Ghani.ROHAIZAT MD DARUS/STAR

SERDANG: Malaysia should prohibit child victims from marrying their rapists, said Deputy Home Minister Datuk Nur Jazlan Mohamed (pic).

"A crime is still a crime. Whether or not the victim's parents allow her to marry her rapist, that is a different issue altogether," said Nur Jazlan.

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