To be fair we need to know the story
about statutory rapes and the rapist getting married to the victim. Yes she is
talking thru experienced and also as a Parent and a mother. This always 2 sides to a coin and also two sides to a story with 2 different views. You readers make up you mind on who is right and who is wrong
The Rape Cases Shabudin Pointed Out Were Not Cases Of Forceful Violations But Statutory Rape, Says Jahara
“I am a person on the ground. I have seen from my own experience,
14-year-old girls going out with their boyfriends. They have sex and get
pregnant, said state Opposition Leader Datuk Jahara Hamid
“They were not supervised by their parents properly. Some of their
parents are also not around or are separated.”
These, she said, were societal problems and parents were known to
marry the pairs off after the girls got pregnant.
“They are the exceptions and not the rule. But you cannot shut it
out and say that it is not happening.
“Of course the children are not ready for marriage. But how else
do you solve these problems?” Jahara asked.
Adding that “exceptional circumstances have to be viewed
exceptionally”, she said Tasek Gelugor MP Datuk Shabudin Yahaya was expressing
his views based on what he went through as a former Syariah court judge.
“Read the full text of Shabudin’s speech. Do not take a portion
and blow it up. Understand the whole issue first and do not form a biased
conclusion.”
According to The Star, she said it was preposterous to
let rapists marry the victims to escape prosecution and the rape cases Shabudin
pointed out were not cases of forceful violations but statutory rape, in which
underaged girls willingly had sex.
She said it was a touchy issue that could be politicised, but
society should not turn a blind eye to it.
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