Man sent to jail for polygamy in Rotterdam

    A Rotterdam man originally from Pakistan was sentenced to one month in jail and one month suspension for engaging in polygamy. The unnamed man had lived in the Netherlands for the past 25 years and received Dutch citizenship in 1992, and had married two Pakistani women. The man’s bigamy was discovered when the man applied for Dutch passports for the children from his second marriage at the Dutch embassy in Pakistan. Polygamy, which is a crime in the Netherlands, carries a sentence of up to six years in prison if a case is discovered. Magistrate Rapmund who oversaw this particular case, said that the man should have known the law since he lived in the country for quite some time. While prosecutors also sought a 750 euro fine against the man, the judge did not see this necessary, and kept his sentence to one month in jail.

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