After the Haia lectured the pair about the sins of dating, the man told commission members that he wanted to marry her but their families would not let them. The Haia members contacted the two families and managed after a long discussion to convince them to allow the marriage to go ahead. “We were very glad that when we followed up that they are happy. That is what we hoped for, because punishing them at the time wasn’t the right choice,” said a Haia spokesman.