'It’s tradition': The child brides of Indonesia's Sumenep Regency

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'It’s tradition': The child brides of Indonesia's Sumenep Regency

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By Chandni Vatvani (Updated: )

In a regency 170km away from Surabaya, Indonesia’s second-largest city, on the island of Madura - children as young as four are being wed. But families say it's commonplace there.

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