by Bri Roozen
This week in Malaysia, a prince who was suing his Indonesian wife on grounds of defamation successfully won his case. The story goes that 31-year-old
Prince Tengku Fakhry Ismail Petra's 16 year old wife managed to escape him and his family while on vacation in Singapore. According to the girl's report, she was sexually and physically abused - graphic allegations of sexual slavery and torture abounded. She escaped her husband back to Indonesia, but the lawsuit brought against her for defamation of character managed to follow her. She's expected to pay about $30 million USD in penance, and the prince has called her to return and fulfill her wifely duties as ordained by the Shariahcourt system in Malaysia. If she refuses his demands, he will then file for divorce. This case beautifully illustrates the rights or lack thereof of the modern Malaysian woman.
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