Child marriage and sexual abuse cases are top priority


Top task: Hannah analysing the Child Act with her ministry’s secretary-general Datuk Suriani Ahmad.

IT has been a baptism of fire for Hannah Yeoh since she was made the Women, Family and Community Development Deputy Minister under the new Pakatan Harapan government.

The ministry headed by Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail received a lot of brickbats for its perceived poor handling of the child marriage issue – in the case involving an 11-year-old Thai girl in Kelantan.

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