KUALA LUMPUR: The minimum age for marriage in the country should be 18, without exceptions, suggests United Nations human rights expert Maud de Boer-Buquicchio.
The UN Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children was on an eight-day visit in Malaysia to study the rights of children in the country and issues concerning the matter, including child marriage and abuse and sexual exploitation of children.
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