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Originally Posted by Nulgath
On May 17, 2017, a couple from Baturaja, South Sumatra named Muhammad Fitrah Rizky aka Gaston (15) and Amanda Safitri (who will be 15 this December) officially tied the knot. Photos of their wedding ceremony – in which both Gaston and Amanda exuded youthful naïveté (hence looking far, far too young to get married) were posted on Facebook and soon became viral in Indonesia, with many expressing outrage that they were allowed to marry so young.
But marriages like this are hardly out of the ordinary in Indonesia.
According to UNICEF, one in six Indonesian girls marry before they turn 18, which is equal to 340,000 girls a year. About 50,000 wed before they turn 15.
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In Indonesia,as long as the ger reach a age tat they can lai ang,they can be married off liao loh....
& tat's y their 249 mil population keep gng upway. Too late marry no good,too early marry aso no good. Mus get a balance is reli tough.
