LABUAN: Sabah mufti Datuk Bungsu @ Aziz Jaafar has triggered a backlash with his proposal to have the legal marriage age of Muslims lowered to 14 for females and 16 for males.
A lecturer and researcher at the Labuan International Campus of University Malaysia Sabah said implementing the idea would jeopardise efforts to address social ills and immoral activities.
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