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Philippines 29 Mar 2025 | 04:11 AM

Philippines' Cagayan De Oro City creates special ‘justice zone’ to combat online child abuse

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, (Philippines): The city government has institutionalised its status as Northern Mindanao's first "justice zone" against online sexual abuse and exploitation of children (OSAEC).

Nation 28 Mar 2025 | 05:42 AM

Woman, son plead not guilty to abusing her grandsons

KUALA LUMPUR: A mother and her son have pleaded not guilty at the Sessions Court to two counts of abusing her grandchildren, resulting in injuries to the children.

Nation 19 Mar 2025 | 10:57 AM

Daycare assistant gets 10 months' jail, fined RM20,000 for abusing children

SEREMBAN: The Sessions Court here on Wednesday (March 19) sentenced a daycare assistant to 10 months in prison and fined her RM20,000, in default 20 months in jail, for physically abusing four children, aged between five and six, last year.

South Korea 26 Mar 2025 | 05:50 AM

South Korea truth commission says government responsible for fraud and abuse in foreign adoptions

SEOUL: South Korea's truth commission has concluded that the government bears responsibility for facilitating a foreign adoption programme rife with fraud and abuse, driven by efforts to reduce welfare costs and enabled by private agencies that often manipulated children's backgrounds and origins.

Japan 12 Mar 2025 | 10:17 AM

Seven men in Japan arrested for sexually abusing their daughters, sharing child porn in group chat

TOKYO: Seven men in Japan had been arrested as of Monday (March 10) for sexually abusing minors, including their own daughters, and sharing child pornography, local media reported.

Nation 18 Feb 2025 | 05:00 AM

Over 30 child abuse cases, four deaths in childcare centres from 2020-2024

KUALA LUMPUR: There have been 34 cases of child abuse reported in childcare centres between 2020 and 2024, with four death cases last year alone, the Dewan Rakyat was told.

World 17 Feb 2025 | 08:41 AM

After shocking Pelicot crimes, French surgeon to face trial in child sex abuse case

NANTES, France (Reuters) - When police in western France searched surgeon Joel Le Scouarnec's home after he raped his 6-year-old neighbour in 2017, they found a cache of sex dolls, wigs and child pornography.

Singapore 28 Feb 2025 | 07:38 AM

Singapore jails former NTU research fellow found with 90 images of child abuse material

SINGAPORE: A former research fellow at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) was sentenced to jail after pleading guilty to a charge of possession of child abuse material.

Nation 17 Mar 2025 | 11:35 AM

Kuching food vendor nabbed for possession of sexual abuse materials

KUALA LUMPUR: Police have arrested a food vendor suspected of possessing child and adult sexual materials in a joint operation with foreign authorities in Kuching on Sunday (March 16).

World 25 Feb 2025 | 12:29 PM

Church of England eyes disciplining clergy over child abuse scandal

(Reuters) - The Church of England will seek to bring disciplinary proceedings against 10 clerics including former Archbishop of Canterbury George Carey, it said on Tuesday, implementing recommendations from an abuse report last year.

Nation 21 Feb 2025 | 03:46 AM

GISB case: 185 children handed over to families, says Selangor exco man

SHAH ALAM: A total of 185 children linked to GISB Holdings Sdn Bhd (GISBH) group have been handed over to their families on bond with conditions by the court.

Nation 30 Dec 2024 | 02:32 AM

There is a need for vigilance in the face of rising child abuse cases, says Lam Thye

KUALA LUMPUR: The rise in the number of missing children and child sexual abuse cases is alarming, says Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye.

Health 3 Feb 2025 | 03:00 AM

The silent, lingering scars of child abuse

Physical injuries aside, the psychological wounds inflicted by child abuse may last a lifetime.

Nation 10 Feb 2025 | 08:24 AM

Prosecutors urged to push for harsher sentence on JB couple in child neglect case

JOHOR BARU: Harsher penalties should have been given to a local couple for neglecting a seven-year-old boy, including locking him in a toilet, says Children’s Commissioner Dr Farah Nini Dusuki.

Nation 9 Dec 2024 | 11:00 PM

Many child abuse cases involve people known to the victims

KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 4,424 cases of child abuse had been reported as of August this year, with the majority of them involving perpetrators known to the victims, says Datuk Seri Dr Noraini Ahmad.

Nation 9 Dec 2024 | 05:02 AM

Over 4,400 child abuse cases reported as of August, says Noraini

KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 4,424 child abuse cases have been reported as of August this year, with three occurring at childcare centres (taska), says Datuk Seri Dr Noraini Ahmad.

Nation 28 Nov 2024 | 11:00 PM

Over 1,000 child sexual abuse cases reported this year

MORE than 1,000 cases of sexual abuse against children have been recorded by the Social Welfare Department (JKM) up until August this year.

Technology 30 Jan 2025 | 04:00 AM

Fully AI-generated child sexual abuse materials would be criminalised under US state bill

Iowa lawmakers are considering a slate of bills that aim to protect children in multiple ways, including requiring those convicted of grooming to register as sex offenders and criminalising the creation and distribution of artificially-generated child sexual abuse materials.

Nation 28 Nov 2024 | 02:35 AM

More than 2,000 abuse cases against children recorded, says ministry

KUALA LUMPUR: Some 2,240 cases of abuse against children were recorded by the Social Welfare Department, says the Women, Family and Community Ministry.

World 31 Mar 2025 | 03:44 AM

After Duterte's arrest, Philippine drug war victims face abuse and online falsehoods

MANILA (Reuters) - The bloodied body of Sheerah Escudero's 18-year-old brother was found in 2017 with hands bound and head wrapped in packaging tape, a suspected victim of the Philippines' then-President Rodrigo Duterte's "war on drugs" that left thousands dead.

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