asek Gelugor MP Shabudin Yahya insisted that marriage, if restricted to individuals aged 18 and above, will victimise those that are younger than the legal age and find themselves trapped in “unforseen circumstances”.
“Sometimes, if the marraige does not take place... it could jeopardise their situation,” the Umno federal lawmaker told Parliament.
“Consent is given by the Shariah Court for children aged nine and above to get married, but it is not as easy as it seems.
“Even under the civil laws they need to get consent and discuss,” he added.
Shabudin was responding to opposition lawmaker Teo Nie Ching’s challenge to the government to fulfil its pledge to ban all under-aged marriages regardless of the religion of the children, after adopting a United Nations resolution to end child marriage at the Human Rights Council in October last year.
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