Friday September 11, 2009
Panel: Most had problems getting IDs
PETALING JAYA: The national action task force committee that investigated allegations of sex abuse of Penan women in Sarawak found that most of them had difficulty in getting identification documents.
This was due to poverty, the long distance from their villages to town and basic ignorance on the need to get the documents.
It found that many parents were poor and could not provide their children with basic schooling. The lack of transportation had also prevented them from sending their children to school.
The 112-page report noted that health facilities were located far from their settlement and most did not get any form of immunisation and most babies were received by mid-wives.
The committee was headed by then Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Ng Yen Yen.
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