Sabah mufti Bungsu @ Aziz Jaafar said that people should be allowed to get married early, which according to Syariah law is 14 for girls and 16 for boys. We also look at other headlines: healthcare access in East Malaysia, and plastic dumping.

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Tags:  Evening Edition,  child marriage,  healthcare access,  East Malaysia,  Sabah,  Sarawak,  plastic,  pollution,  China,