Furore over polygamy remark


  • Nation
  • Friday, 05 Dec 2003

PETALING JAYA: A proposal by a Terengganu PAS assemblyman that the state government promote polygamy to help single mothers has drawn the ire of women leaders.  

Wanita Umno religious bureau chairman Zaleha Hussin said the proposal by Satiful Bahari Mamat, state assemblyman for Paka, reflected the mentality and backwardness of PAS leaders. 

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