Malaysian man divorces two wives in three minutes: reports

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KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) — A Malaysian man divorced his two wives in three minutes, saying they had "collectively decided" to end their marriages to him and he had "never expected" such an outcome, reports said Wednesday.

Roslan Ngah divorced his wives on Tuesday in an Islamic court in conservative northern Terengganu state by repeatedly saying "talaq", which under Islamic law means a couple is divorced, The New Straits Times reported.

The 44-year old businessman told the daily that his wives, a housewife and a nurse who lived in the same house, had both wanted to divorce him.

"(My first and second wives) are like good friends but I never imagined that both of them had collectively decided to divorce me," he said. "I admit that my relationship with them had been...