Parents to stand trial for mutilation

A Brisbane couple have been committed to stand trial over allegations they sent their daughters to Africa for genital mutilation.

The man, 53, and his 42-year-old wife will appear in the Beenleigh District Court at a date to be decided.

Lawyers for the African-born parents, who cannot be named, on Wednesday requested the matter be committed to the higher court in the registry rather than in open court.

The couple are charged with removing their two daughters - aged 12 and nine at the time - from the state for female genital mutilation in 2015.