Family of alleged concubine denies media reports
22 Nov 2009, 8:16 AM
The family of the 17-year-old “concubine” has denied media reports that the girl was being kept as an under-age sex slave.
Speaking to Minivan News today, the girl’s brother said police checked the house on Wednesday with a court order, taking his sister in for questioning.
“When they took her statement, among their questions was when she got married, why did she go abroad for the marriage and whether she got married at such a young age because the family asked her to or why she had decided to get married at her age,” he said.
He added police told her she might be arrested if she refused to answer their questions truthfully.
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