malaysiakini-Oct 26
Police statistics show that juvenile perpetrators have
been involved in more than a third of reported rape
cases in the first 10 months of 2019.The Star Online, in an exclusive report today, revealed that the victims were often young teenage girls aged 13 to 15 years.
Bukit Aman principal assistant director of the sexual,
women and child investigations division (D11) Choo Lily said the easier access to pornographic material,
especially online and on social media, was the main
cause. Of the 822 rape cases reported so far in 2019,
juvenile offenders accounted for 289 of them,
constituting 35 percent.
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