Groups up in arms over latest case of child marriage


PETALING JAYA: Human rights and civil society groups that focus on children have expressed their strongest objection to the latest case of a child marriage in Kelantan.

Human Rights Commission of Malaysia chairman Tan Sri Razali Ismail reminded the government that child marriage was a human rights violation and such marriages were not a solution to poverty eradication.

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