PETALING JAYA: Allowing a rapist to marry his underage victim is not a solution, but will instead open the young victim to further physical, psychological and sociological trauma, says a criminologist.
Dr Geshina Ayu Mat Saat of Universiti Sains Malaysia’s Forensic Science programme warned that in such a case, the rapist would benefit, while his victim would suffer in silence.
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