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GA-01230 1955-02-10 Java-Bode rel A

Heronderzoek dwanghuwelijk van minderjarig meisje (Re-examination of forced marriage of a minor girl)

Re-examination of forced marriage of a minor girl

Java-Bode, 10 February 1955, p. 2: report that the customary court at Tanjungraja began re-examining the Maisuri case on appeal. Maisuri, forced by her father to marry a 45-year-old hadji, married her chosen partner Kojum instead and was sentenced with him and her uncle to six months. Prominent Palembang women and Sout

GA-01046 1955-02-11 Het Nieuwsblad Voor Sumatra rel A

Door vader gesloten huwelijk geldig? (de zaak Maisuri)

Marriage concluded by father valid? (the Maisuri case)

Het Nieuwsblad voor Sumatra (11 Feb 1955, p.4): in a customary-court retrial in Tanjungraja, village girl Maisuri, forced by her father to marry a 45-year-old hadji, is defended by lawyer Mr Muwalladi provided by the women's association Gerwani. She had married Kojum, her own choice, and was sentenced with him and her