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Reports of sexual abuse of children frequently appear in the press. Yet despite society recognising that the problem exists there is still insufficient awareness of how to reach out to children so they know what to do to be both safe and helped.
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The Sarawak Women for Women Society (SWWS) welcomes Sarawak Women, Welfare and Community Wellbeing Minister YB Fatimah Abdullah’s determination to close the loophole in the law regarding ‘finger-rape’. We are however very concerned about the reply by the Attorney-General’s Department to her that the urging for a wider definition of rape would be accommodated within the Child (Amendment) Act.
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Malaysians are shocked by the prolific abuse of children in Malaysia by Richard Huckle and ask why he was not detected sooner. In the Sarawak Women for Women Society’s (SWWS) view, part of the answer is that despite child sexual abuse regularly hitting the headlines, it is given low priority and consequently awareness is lacking.
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