A Buffalo, A Pig and Bigamy
Well I know (some) people who would give their tooth-n-eye to get such decisions out of Indian Family Courts.
An indigenous man in Malaysia’s Sabah state on Borneo Island was fined a buffalo and a pig for breaking a tribal custom by secretly marrying a second wife, a tribal court official said Wednesday.
The 39-year-old man was asked to compensate his first wife and children with a buffalo and a pig even though he agreed to dissolve the second marriage and return to his first wife and family, Kota Kinabalu Native Court chief William Majimbun told The Associated Press. [Link]
I guess this it what it means - Being Let Off Easy
We all have a right to express our views. In many instances; it will be against ours and in some; with us. To hear them out is 'decency' but to let them get to you is 'weakness'. 
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Jul 15th, 2006 at 6:29 am | #
You aren’t kidding?!
That’s tribal justice for you. I guess they go by a different set of rules, and since they have lived by them, they are okay with it. It’s a rather odd penalty for bigamy.
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