Wanita MCA repeats call to ban child marriage and unilateral conversion

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Wanita MCA has reiterated its position that the government should ban child marriage and efforts by any parent from unilaterally converting the religion of their child.Its president Heng Seai Kie, in her policy speech at the MCA women's wing annual general meeting today, said these were among the measures necessary to protect women's rights."The crux of the problem of child marriages is that we believe that underage girls below 18 are in their golden age of studies and self-fulfilment."They are not suitable for marriage, and their minds are not mentally mature nor prepared to make a decisive decision in selecting their spouse or their own life-long events."What's more, according to Child Act 2001, anyone who has sex with a minor girl under the age of 16, whether she consented to it or not, has committed an offence of rape," she added.In view of …