But child marriage is legal in certain states, right?

Child marriages are a common practice among indigenous communities. Between 2011 – 2016, the Sarawak Council for Customs and Traditions recorded 1,472 child marriages among natives[5].

“I see my friends and next thing you know, they’re in Form 5,”
says a girl who left school in Form 1 to get married, which she now regrets.
“They’re almost out of school.
It’s a shame I didn’t go.”
The girl, who belongs to the Orang Asli Jah Hut community in Malaysia,
is one of 140 boys and girls who were interviewed during the course of this
study to gain insight into child marriage.

Based on interviews conducted and analysis of Shariah court files, the factors that place
children at risk include low household income, which strongly correlates with children
dropping out of school.
Children who marry tend to have a poor understanding of sexual
and reproductive health (SRH) issues, which in turn leads to a higher risk of pregnancy
out of wedlock.
Parents also lack an effective intervention support system, which leaves
many of them believing that marriage is the best solution when their children become
sexually active or become pregnant.

Girls living in insulated environments grow up with the notion that marriage is a highway to happiness.
A Sarawakian girl from the Penan tribe was reported to be legally married at the age of 12 years old to a 16 year old boy [5].
The girl was pregnant three months after their marriage.
Marriages in this cultural setting are supported by their family and community.
For us the Penan people, this is the way of life since our ancestors’ time. As long as these two like each other, they want to get married, let them marry.

how about age 18 and 15?
sudah legally adult age 

why need go so deep just to study their pedo right?
disgusting

The newspaper reported Sarawak recorded 2,064 Muslim child marriage applications over 10 years, from 2005 to 2015, based on data from the state Shariah Judiciary Department. It also cited data from think tank Penang Institute showing non-Muslim child marriage applications to be the highest nationwide over a period of 15 years from 2000 to 2014, at 1,750.

One of the reasons for the high number of applications was to avoid the stigma of having children born out of wedlock, the paper reported Sarawak Women for Women Soc­i­e­­ty president Margaret Bedus as saying.

the famous 41yr old married 11year old girl kat kelantan few years back is a good example
well again puak pedo always like to justify their action 

GUA MUSANG (BERNAMA) - The parents of an 11-year-old girl who was married to a 41-year-old man in Sungai Golok, in Kelantan state, on June 18 has blessed the marriage, even though the girl is his third wife.

Her father, Mat Rashid Rimadsa, 49, a Thai citizen who lives in Kampung Panggong Lalat here, said he knew the man - a Malaysian - who lives in Kampung Lalang well and often sold scrap rubber to him.

Mat Rashid told reporters on Saturday (June 30) that the man promised him he would register the marriage with the Islamic Affairs Department in Kelantan when his daughter, Masaryu Mat Rashid, turns 16.

"At the moment, Masaryu is staying with me," he said.

Mat Rashid and his family - who are all Thai citizens and live in Gua Musang - work as rubber tappers.

He said that one week before Hari Raya Aidilfitri, the man asked his permission to marry the girl.

"I told him that my daughter was not old enough to be a wife as she was only 11 years old, but the man persisted and promised to nikah gantung it, so I agreed," he said.

Nikah gantung refers to a marriage where the couple do not live together for a period of time fixed by both the man and woman.

Mat Rashid said he went with his wife Aminah Hitam, 41, and their daughter as well as the man to Sungai Golok, in Thailand, where they were married.

how u sure they not live together till the girl is adult?
Jakim go cctv them till the girl is adult?