Man With 19 Wives Brags About Marrying A 16-Year-Old Girl When He Was 55

Being the man of the house, husbands and fathers take pride in their family. But one man seems to be proud about something many would find bizarre.

Most people want to be able to have children and grandchildren when they are old, but a 72-year-old man in Malaysia has a lot of them. He has been married 19 times and now has 46 children and 200 grandchildren.

Che Soh, nicknamed Che Soh isteri ramai (Che Soh with many wives) in his village, said 12 wives gave birth to his 46 children. He is now in his 70s, and had 19 marriages. The last time he tied the knot was when he was 55 years old. His bride was only 16 at the time.

He said:

“I began marrying at the age of 15, and after a year into marriage, I started looking for another wife. At one point I had four wives at the same time. The last time I got married was at the age of 55, with a 16-year-old but it only lasted two weeks.”

He shared that even though he’s strict, he’s loving and funny. Che Soh then noted that all of his wives were in their teens when he married them.

However, netizens were unimpressed with his revelation. Most were actually disgusted with his lifestyle, calling him a pedophile (someone who is s exually attracted to children).

Some of the comments read:

“This is gross. The man married a 16-year-old when he was 55. Glorifying pedophilia.”

“You married all those teenagers not because you have qualities girls ‘dream’ about, but because you manipulated naive underage kids to satisfy your greedy lust.”

Unfortunately, a child bride is not an uncommon tradition. Reports revealed that in Malaysia alone, 650 million girls, some are already adult today, were married when they were really young.

Netizens who are against the act started to use the hashtags #girlsnotbrides and #childnotbride.