BINTANG BETAWI Batavia (Jakarta) – Thursday Edition, May 5, 1904
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A Husband got Fined f. 10 For Cutting His Wife's Hair
Mohamad Amin (MA) was reported by his mother-in-law for cutting his daughter's hair. According to the wife’s mother, his daughter did nothing wrong. Chronologically, the information obtained by the authorities revealed that MA did it because he has married to his wife for three months but they still haven’t had any intercourse. Every time MA opened his wife's room veil or approached her in bed, his wife always screamed hysterically. Unable to take it anymore, he followed his wife to her parents' house, which at that time was empty. He then tied her arms and cut her hair in the kitchen.