Rise of rape cases among young worrying


PETALING JAYA: The revelation that one-third of all rape cases reported this year involved juvenile perpetrators is shocking in itself, but a couple of recent cases also seared themselves into the minds of the public.

There was the case in July, where a Year Six pupil had raped a four-year-old girl who was under the care of his mother in Batu Gajah.

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