Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (AHN)-According to a news report, a 33-year-old man in northern Malaysia has married a 104-year-old woman, saying mutual respect and friendship had turned to love.

Citing a report in the Malay-language Harian Metro tabloid, the Star newspaper reports that it was Muhamad Noor Che Musa's first marriage and his wife's 21st.

Muhamad, an ex-army serviceman says he found peace and a sense of belonging after meeting Wook Kundor, saying he initially sympathized with because she was childless, old and alone.

Muhamad says he hoped to help his new bride to master Roman script while she taught him Islamic religious knowledge.

According to the report, Malaysian Muslim men are allowed by their religion to take up to four wives at a time, but reports of women who marry more than once are rare. Muslim women do not practice polygamy.