It appears that our neighboring country has been inspired to increase the legal age of when an individual should get married in lieu of the viral story that happened in Thailand with a Malaysian man and child. In 2018, a 41 year old man married an 11 year old child sparked national outrage. The legal age has increased to 17 years old.
Malaysian man marrying 11 year old girl inspiring Thailand to increase marriage age
Furthermore, netizens are still outraged towards the situation and state that the government should penalize the husband and the parents of the child. Our neighboring country increased their legal age in lieu to stop this from happening again.
Users are criticizing the ultra-right wingers in Malaysia citing that marriages are a positive thing in the religion. However, when it comes to marrying a child who has not gone through puberty yet, it is ridiculous.
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