“We want NGOs dealing in human rights issues and the government to come forward and make comprehensive laws to enable the communities to stop child marriage. Without laws you cannot end this practice,” he said.
“Without a proper law, a chief cannot stop the practice. If you intervene it means inviting trouble,” he added.
Korok revealed that parents trade their daughters to get 60 cows, and if the boy elopes with the girl, then his family has to pay 80-100 cows.
Admitting that education has played a part, and the practice of child education has reduced in some areas, but it is still rampant in many other areas.