PETALING JAYA: The number of sexual assault incidents against children saw a significant increase of 21%, says the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).
"Physical sexual assault on a child in 2023 recorded a significant increase of 21.1% with 1,389 cases compared to 1,147 cases in 2022," the nation's chief statistician Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Uzir Mahidin said in a press statement on Friday (Nov 1).
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