AVERAGE OF ONE MARRIAGE INVOLVING MALAYSIAN MEN AND INDONESIAN WOMEN IN MEDAN EVERY DAY

By Ahmad Fuad Yahya

MEDAN, April 15 (Bernama) -- An average of one marriage involving a
Malaysian man and an Indonesian woman from Sumatra takes place everyday for the
past five months with 80 per cent of the brides taken as a second wife.

This trend is based on a record at the office of the Malaysian Consulate
General here.

Its vice-consul(Consular and Immigration division), Ismail Ali, said an
average of 30 Malaysian men, most of them Muslims, got married to Indonesian
women from Sumatra every month during the period as their brides every month.

He believed that there were more Malaysian men who married Sumatran women,
but did not report their marriage with the consulate.

The reasons could be that they did not get permission from the syariah court
to marry abroad or to practise poligamy, he told Bernama here.

Malaysians intending to marry Indonesian women in Sumatra are duly required
to obtain documents, like verification of their citizenship, at the consulate to
do so.

Prior to arriving in Sumatra, they are also required to obtain other
documents, like verification of their married status , permission to marry
abroad and to practise poligamy from Islamic religious authorities from their
respective states of origin in Malaysia.

Ismail said most of the couples met in Malaysia where the Indonesian women
were working either as house maids, factory workers or cleaners.

Many of the woman were divorcee with children and married the Malaysian men
for a better life, he added.

He said there were also non-Muslim Malaysian men who chose Indonesian women
for their brides, but the number was small.

For the non-Muslims, they were required to obtain permission from the
National registration Department to marry overseas, he added.

-- BERNAMA



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