Bukit Aman’s Sexual, Women and Child Investigation Division’s (D11) principal assistant director Assistant Commissioner of Police Siti Kamsiah Hassan stated that most sexual offences against children are committed by those known to the victims rather than strangers.
Think the saying “Don’t talk to strangers” will be enough to keep children safe from harm including sexual crimes? Think again. Bukit Aman’s Sexual, Women and Child Investigation Division’s (D11) principal assistant director Assistant Commissioner of Police Siti Kamsiah Hassan told Malay Mail that most sexual offences against children are committed by those known to the victims rather than strangers.
Based on statistics D11 gave Malay Mail, there were 35,659 perpetrators for nine types of sexual crimes against children during the 2018 to November 30, 2023 period, with only slightly more than 25 per cent of these being strangers to the victims. During this period of nearly six years, about 74 per cent of the perpetrators are those whom the children know, whether they are family or non-family members. In fact, 4,804 or about 13 per cent of the 35,659 offenders were family members
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