bust Posted June 4, 2010 Report Share Posted June 4, 2010 By THAE THAE Tuesday, May 25, 2010 Burmese authorities have been instructed by the government to block marriage ceremonies between Burmese women and foreign men, according to legal sources. Burmese law allows marriages between Burmese citizens and foreigners, provided they give divisional courts 21 days notice. In this photo taken on November, 2009, Burmese women light candles during a light festival at the famed Shwedagon Pagoda in Rangoon. (Photo: AP) “That law is now being suspended on the instructions of the government,†legal adviser Aung Thein told The Irrawaddy. Aung Thein suggested the suspension of the law could be aimed at preventing human trafficking, but he described it as unfair. “It will prohibit the rights of couples if they truly love each other and want to get formally married,†he said. The Rangoon journal Flower News journal reported this month that local brokers were involved with foreigners in trafficking Burmese women. Lawyer Kyaw Hoe, said the suspension of the marriage law dates back to an incident five years ago when a young woman committed suicide after being forced by her parents to marry a foreigner. “Since then all legal practitioners, including notaries, have not been allowed to officiate marriages between foreigners and Burmese women,†Kyaw Hoe said. A well known Mandalay woman writer on social issues said Burmese should be free to marry whomever they wished. “I don't have any objection as long as it is not human trafficking,†she told The Irrawaddy, anonymously. A representative of a Rangoon-based Myanmar Women Entrepreneurs' Association pointed out that Burmese women abroad had the right to marry whomever they liked. A Burmese woman who married a foreigner 11 years ago and now lives in Thailand said: “What is most important is understanding and loyalty to each other. Race or religion don't matter.†http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=18550 Some of the most beautiful woman I have ever seen a Burmese Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunsanuk Posted June 4, 2010 Report Share Posted June 4, 2010 Hi, "the suspension of the marriage law dates back to an incident five years ago when a young woman committed suicide after being forced by her parents to marry a foreigner." Rather draconian, wouldn't you say? You'd think the real issue is that of forced marriage, not marriage to foreigners. Sanuk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shygye Posted June 4, 2010 Report Share Posted June 4, 2010 ...delete... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallenda Posted June 5, 2010 Report Share Posted June 5, 2010 You'd think the real issue is that of forced marriage, not marriage to foreigners. Then again, there's not many countries that would relocate their capital based on warnings from fortune tellers. We're still at pre-intermediate level on trying to figure out how Thais think. Burma? Fuggeddabouddit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bust Posted June 5, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2010 Eeny Meeny Miny Moe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallenda Posted June 6, 2010 Report Share Posted June 6, 2010 Eeny Meeny Miny Moe Woof. Good point: who needs marriage. This is brilliant. Who would have thought the Myanmar junta would do us such a great favor. btw, I'll take Moe. So how much are flights to Rangoon again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bust Posted June 6, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2010 Moe is cut out of the pic....can just see her leg. Bet she was pissed. Flights are cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted June 7, 2010 Report Share Posted June 7, 2010 I prefer women will smaller waistlines than mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallenda Posted June 7, 2010 Report Share Posted June 7, 2010 Moe is cut out of the pic....can just see her leg. Bet she was pissed. Flights are cheap. Oops, I mean Miney. I guess it's like that game show, you can take one of these 3 prizes, or... you can have what's behind door number 4. Anyway, what's the deal with this pic? Where are these girls from? Are they in business for themselves, or just trying to look it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BelgianBoy Posted June 7, 2010 Report Share Posted June 7, 2010 I prefer women will smaller waistlines than mine. you need to eat more :nahnah: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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