The 13-year-old girl who got married was advised by the police to come to her house, what did she say that caused a storm?

Stemming from outdated customs and practices, poverty, and low educational attainment, in the border districts of the highlands, child marriage is still taking place.

Mothers and children with sad lullabies are still sung day after day behind the smoke-smoke stilts of the kitchen, far away and aimless...

Recently, social media was stirred up by a clip recording a scene where a police officer went to a 13-year-old girl's house to advise and encourage her and her family not to let her get married early, avoiding the consequences behind. . Standing in front of his family, relatives and a 13-year-old girl, the police officer said: "Tell your friends and family that minors are protected by Vietnamese law very strictly. I can't say that my custom is like that, so I can force them to get married soon.For Vietnamese law, especially criminal law, all acts of intercourse with children under 13 years old is rape. With or without consent, it is still rape. For sex from 14 to 16 years old, it is sexual intercourse with children. , whether that person agrees or disagrees. And now, a family organized like this is a family that is violating. Now his brother is not yet 13 years old, not 16 years old yet, but relatives have given him away to get it. husband...".

However, when people thought that it was because the two were free, the police officer calmly explained: "No, this is not freedom or not, the law is already regulated like that. I tell you like this, why does the law require a woman to be 18 years old? Because physically a woman is old enough to give birth at that age. she's pregnant, is her fetus healthy? Is her baby healthy?"...

Immediately after the clip was posted, it attracted great attention from the online community. Many people have sent their thanks to the police officer and said that this police officer is both thoughtful and thoughtful, his words are very understanding and reasonable.

It is known that although there have been many solutions to prevent child marriage, it seems that the effect is not as expected in the highland provinces because people's knowledge is still limited. Therefore, the lullaby of the young girls "married from the age of 13" and soon made her mother so sad because of outdated customs and practices and poverty!

Previously, related to a clip of a Sa Pa girl being "captured by a group of young people" on the 4th of Tet, Ms. Hoang Thi Vuong, Head of Culture and Information Department of Sa Pa town (Lao Cai), said the unit had coordinated cooperate with the authorities in investigating and verifying the case.

It is known that the girl is HTM, 16 years old, living in group 2, Sa Pa ward, Sa Pa town, has dropped out of school. The young man who "catches his wife" is GAT, 20 years old, living in group 1, Ham Rong ward, Sa Pa town. After M. was arrested by T. as his wife, M.'s family asked to take the young girl home because she was not old enough to get married. The girl also does not like the boy, has a desire to go home. The "boyfriend" side agreed.

"The young man went out to play in the spring, saw a beautiful girl, so he pulled back to be his wife, but the two did not have a love relationship," said Ms. Vuong, adding that every year at the beginning of spring, according to the custom of the H'mong people. The boys have the custom to "catch the wife". However, this is just a procedure, and before that, between men and women, there was an understanding and liking for each other before, the arrest was just a custom.

"The deep meaning of taking a wife is to show the value of a girl. Men have to go through many hardships to get the girl they want. However, nowadays some young people turn away. Prime Minister, taking advantage of custom should lead to the situation of coercion, "Ms. Vuong informed.

The head of the Culture and Information Office of Sa Pa town said that before "catching the wife" of the groom's family, he invited a group of friends to the family to have dinner, and agreed on how to pull it together, so that everyone would know in advance. As for the case of the young man above, because of the outburst, he liked his girlfriend when he went out to play, so he pulled back, which led to objection.

In addition, Ms. Vuong also added that every year, the Culture and Information Department as well as the Sa Pa Town People's Committee propagate and mobilize people to comply with the provisions of the Law on Marriage and Family. However, because the custom of "catching a wife" is a long-standing tradition of the Mong ethnic group, the sudden happenings cannot be controlled by the unit.

Before that, on social networks, the clip spread, the girl was grabbed by a group of 5-7 young people, demanding to "take her back to be a wife". Despite her efforts to resist, the girl was still taken to the car.

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