Hannah Yeoh says the issue is complex and not as straightforward as it seems.
The Women, Family and Community Development Ministry has received flak over perceptions that it was not doing enough to deal with child marriages, but the issue is complex and not as straightforward as it seems.
"A lot of them feel that this is sufficient at the moment and they just want to tighten on the standard operating procedure," she said. "So if you don't allow them to get married, they will become an illegitimate child ... There are complications, some of them cannot inherit the father's name or properties," she said.
of a 41-year-old man wanting to marry an 11-year-old girl in Kelantan, Yeoh said such cases were clear-cut child grooming which can be dealt with under existing laws.Yeoh stressed that the issue of child marriages was not purely along religious lines. The DAP lawmaker said her East Malaysia counterparts have focussed on educating village chiefs on the dangers of marrying those who are underage.
"If you don't have family planning, if you have eight to nine children and you can't provide for them then you will feel under pressure to give their daughters away," she said.
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