Deputy Minister Too Embarrassed To Mention Other Reasons For Divorce

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Hannah Yeoh revealed that she was too embarrassed to mention the other factors cited for divorce in Parliament this afternoon
Earlier, the deputy women, family and community development minister told the Dewan Rakyat that among the reasons were wives choosing to wash clothes at night, participating in group tours, eating in the car, husbands earning lesser than their wives and snoring
She had cited statistics from the Selangor Syariah Department
Following this, PKR strategic communication director Fahmi Fadzil published a list which contained 23 reasons, with those mentioned by Yeoh highlighted in yellow, on Twitter
This was also shared by other Twitter users
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Other factors stated included wives recalling the sexual prowess of their past lovers, husbands who were suspicious of their wives, meals being prepared late, fighting over TV programmes, failing to flush the toilet
Yeoh had also responded to a question from Kangar MP Amin Ahmad on the reasons behind divorce cases involving couples who have been married for five years or less
Based on the ministry's statistics, the deputy minister said there were 2,932 divorce cases in the Federal Territory between 2013 and 2017.She added that the data for other states are still being compiled
As for non-Muslims, Yeoh said the National Registration Department recorded 14,440 divorce cases from 2013 to 2017 involving couples married for five years or less
The deputy minister said the first five years of marriage are considered the most challenging period as a survey in 2014 found that more than one-third of divorce cases occurred during this timeframe. -Mkini

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