Tenaganita sheltered 11 child brides last year


KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian non-governmental organisation Tenaganita which promotes the rights of women, migrants and refugees, sheltered 11 child brides last year.

Its director Glorene A. Das said the victims who were Bangladeshi and Rohingya, were as young as eight years old.

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