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The pain of polygamy runs through Hmong community.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
ST. PAUL, Minn. _ Youa Lee married young, bore seven children and loved a man who broke her heart with plans to take a second wife.
Her husband, prosecutors say, paid for the infidelity with his life. Youa Lee is accused of stabbing Pao Her to death in the couple's St. Paul home last year before trying to kill herself.
Youa Lee's upcoming Ramsey County murder trial joins a series of tragic incidents in the Hmong community. In the past few years, Hmong women have made headlines in stabbings, shootings and other acts that authorities attributed to domestic abuse and mental health problems.
Youa Lee's case now brings another painful issue to the surface: the toleration of polygamy, which many Hmong women say is widespread even among men who grew up in the United States. Male Hmong leaders say the practice of taking a second or third wife is rare and limited to older men.
Youa Lee, 44, represents two faces of Hmong women. Traditional wives in ...
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