Curbing underage nuptials


IPOH: In a move to curb child marriages, the state government is thinking about raising the marriage age.

State women development, family and social welfare committee chairman Datuk Dr Wan Norashikin Wan Noordin said the suggestion to increase the age limit would be taken into consideration.

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