Revived by Rhani
The draft marriage bill seeks to impose jail sentences for unregistered marriages. Its mission is to protect the rights of women and children from such unions. Debate over the new ruling ensues.
February 24, 2010
ONLY a few neighbors knew of the marriage celebration at house number 8 in Kampung Kosong, Panunggangan, Tangerang. That morning in mid-July 2007, at her parents' home Rhani Juliani tied the knot with Nasrudin Zulkarnaen who presented Rp7 million in dowry. No penghulu (Muslim leader) was present. "It's only a family affair. They planned to get married formally in Mecca," Parno Sanjaya, a witness to the marriage, told Tempo last Thursday.
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