Malaysia: Imam marries 11-year-old girl – Asia

(ANSA) – BANGKOK, JULY 1 – A 41-year-old Malaysian, a
Imam, already married with two women and father of six, is in
He is about to take a Thai Muslim girl from 11
years as his third wife. The Star newspaper reports
Online.
The man, who is the imam in his village of Gua Musang,
Northeast Malaysia, went two weeks ago to Golok, a
border town between Malaysia and Thailand, to formalize
the union with the child, who is an acquaintance of one of his or her
son and daughter of one of his employees.
The newspaper reports that the future bride gave him
consent, and stated that she was in love with the future
husband since the age of nine. The girl's parents have
imposed as a condition that the couple can live together only
at the end of the sixteenth year of the future move
The newspaper also reports that the second wife of the man
consider divorcing after learning the decision
of the husband.