Johor Speaker ticks off Semerah rep over 'hairy chest' comment
Tuesday, 28 Nov 201711:13 AM MYT
ISKANDAR PUTERI: Johor Speaker Tan Sri Mohamad Aziz ticked off a state assemblyman for claiming that an elderly woman in his constituency had married a foreign man because of his “hairy chest”.
He told Semerah rep Mohd Ismail Roslan that the amount of hair on the chest of the man in question had nothing to do with the couple's marriage.
“Maybe this only happens in your constituency and if you do not have any additional questions, please sit down,” he said during the Johor state assembly sitting held here on Tuesday (Nov 28).
Mohd Ismail had earlier asked state religious committee chairman Mutalip Abd Rahim whether the state had any policies regarding marriages between elderly Muslim women and foreign men.
“I have come across a case where a local woman, 65, married a 35-year-old foreign man who is very hairy.
“He now owns a shop, always sleeps in the (business) premises and never goes back to his wife,” he said.
Mutalip said the Johor Religious Islamic Department (JAIJ) had policies in place for marriages between locals and foreigners.
“There are many process that a foreign man has to go through before being allowed to marry his local bride, including having approval from his home country's religious department, validation from the Immigration Department, an HIV test, and approval from their embassy,” he said.
Mutalip, however, said JAIJ was also looking at providing counselling for such couples to avoid unwanted problems in the future.
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