Topic: Malaysia
Malaysian minister rejects child marriage reform
AFP Asian Edition
Malaysia's religion minister on Tuesday defended Islamic laws that allow girls under 16 to marry, amid a controversy over two youngsters who were married off to middle-aged men. The issue has flared in Malaysia after reports that two girls aged 10 and 11 were wed in the conservative northern ...
Malaysian minister: Probe child marriage claims
AP Features
An 11-year-old Malaysian girl was hospitalized in a state of shock after allegedly being abducted by a man who persuaded her parents to let him marry her, an official said Monday. She is one of two recent cases of suspected child marriages in Malaysia, a majority Muslim country where girls ...
Malaysia 'detains 93 Myanmar boat people'
AFP Asian Edition
Malaysian maritime authorities said Sunday they had picked up 93 members of Myanmar's Rohingya Muslim minority who had drifted aboard a boat for 30 days after fleeing their country. The boat, packed with refugees, was found off Langkawi island off the northwest coast on Wednesday after a tip-off from ...
Malaysia's Carcosa wins stay of execution
AFP Asian Edition
Malaysia's 112-year-old colonial landmark the Carcosa Seri Negara has been handed a stay of execution, the hotel's manager said Sunday. The Carcosa closed its doors at the end of last year after the government opened bids to redevelop the boutique hotel, once home to Britain's colonial rulers ...
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