Need for review on legal marriage age


Minister in the Prime Ministers Department (Law) Datuk Liew Vui Keong in his office in Parliament during an interview with The Star.

PETALING JAYA: Minis­ter in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Liew Vui Keong (pic) is adamant to put a limit on the legal marriage age for Muslim girls in line with a mufti’s view.

Liew said there was a gap in the law concerning below 16 underage marriage as it did not specify “how young is too young”.

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