PETALING JAYA: United Nation’s Committee on the Rights of the Child member Yasmeen Shariff has urged the Syariah Court not to be too quick in granting consent for underage marriages.
Yasmeen, a child rights lawyer, said children’s groups rejected underage marriage as most teens were not mature enough for the responsibilities and it deprived them of education.
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