[nasional_list] [ppiindia] Fwd: [mediacare] 'Marriage gangs' prey on youths
- From: Nugroho Dewanto <ndewanto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2006 14:48:30 +0700
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dari milis mediacare
aris, bagaimana para pengusung syariat islam
melihat masalah ini?
si penulis, seorang wartawati arab, menyoroti kebiasaan
laki-laki arab teluk berwisata sex dengan cara kawin
kontrak ke negara-negara berbiaya hidup rendah,
terutama indonesia.
>Published: 06/16/2006 12:00 AM (UAE)
>
>'Marriage gangs' prey on youths
>By Mariam Al Hakeem, Correspondent
>
>Riyadh: With the beginning of the summer holidays, a
>large number of Arabs, especially from the Gulf
>states, are travelling to tourist destinations in
>various parts of the world, especially in the Far
>East, looking to
>enjoy themselves and relax.
>
>Most of them want to enjoy their holidays in
>picturesque places, visiting historical monuments and
>taking in the culture.
>
>Some of them, however, will want to take advantage of
>the opportunity to try out temporary marriages. They
>prefer Indonesia over other countries, mainly
>because of the low cost of living there.
>
>This has resulted in the mushrooming of marriage
>bureaus in Jakarta and other major Indonesian cities
>in recent years.
>
>Organised gangs have also grown up who prey on Arab
>tourists and try to lure them with promises of
>low-cost marriages and then cheating them.
>
>Several Saudi youths, who became prey to these gangs,
>shared their bitter experiences with Gulf News.
>
>They were lured by the false promises of the gang
>members of "marriages to beautiful young women under
>18 at cheap rates."
>
>In most cases, their brides abandoned them and ran
>away within few days of the marriage.
>
>When they then contacted the marriage bureaus, the
>employees washed their hands of blame saying that it
>was not their responsibility to ensure that
>their brides stayed with them.
>
>According to the youths, who declined to be named,
>marriage 'mafias' are common in Jakarta, and their
>activities pivot mainly around places that Arabs
>frequent.
>
>The gang members introduce themselves as
>representatives of licensed marriage bureaus and offer
>marriage proposals.
>
>The marriage ceremonies are then held at marriage
>bureaus in the presence of a licensed marriage notary
>and two witnesses. The dowry normally ranges
>between two to three million Indonesian Rupiah
>(Dh1,000-1,500).
>
>One of the Saudi youths, who was cheated by the gangs,
>told Gulf News:
>"While I was taking my meals at an Arab restaurant in
>Jakarta, I heard some young men asking whether anybody
>wanted to get married to beautiful young girls. I did
>not pay any attention to them in the beginning.
>
>"When they repeated the offer for the third time, I
>was interested and expressed my willingness.
>
>"They then took me to a marriage bureau and I was
>introduced to a man called Haider.
>
>"After a short while, Haider paraded five young women
>in front of me and asked me to select one. When I had
>chosen one of them and agreed on a dowry
>of four million rupiah (Dh1,468), the marriage notary
>appeared with witnesses and solemnised the marriage
>ceremony," he said.
>
>"When I took my bride to a nearby hotel, she was
>clearly bewildered.
>While I was trying to be friendly with her, she asked
>me if she could go out to the nearby pharmacy to buy
>some medicine and I agreed not knowing that she would
>never return," the young man said.
>
>The same was the case with another Saudi youth but
>with a slight difference. He went to the marriage
>bureau and told the story of his wife's disappearance.
>
>The bureau staff members promised to help him find
>her. On leaving the building, he saw his bride going
>into the same office in the company of some other
>girls in order to be paraded in front of the new
>"victims".
>
>When he tried to stop her, the security guards held
>him and the door was slammed shut.
>
>Some of the Saudi victims managed to lodge complaints
>with the police.
>
>A policeman was sent with the youths to the marriage
>bureau in search of Haider but the police could not
>trace him and the staff at the bureau told the police
>that he was not "in sight".
>
>http://www.gulfnews.com/region/Saudi_Arabia/10047310.html
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