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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.

Athletics 24 Mar 2025 | 12:45 PM

Athletics-Father of Jakob Ingebrigtsen denies abuse allegations as trial starts

(Reuters) - Gjert Ingebrigtsen, father and former coach of Norwegian runner Jakob Ingebrigtsen, pleaded not guilty on Monday as his trial began in which he stands accused of physically abusing two of his children, including the two-times Olympic champion.

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.

Singapore 25 Mar 2025 | 09:33 AM

Singaporean man caught with 140 videos and 1,770 pictures showing child porn gets jail, caning

SINGAPORE: A man used his mobile phone to secretly record upskirt videos of multiple victims in public, and the police found child pornography in his possession when he was arrested in July 2021.

Technology 28 Feb 2025 | 09:50 AM

Two dozen arrested in international swoop for links to AI-made child sex abuse images

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Two dozen people were arrested this week for their role in a criminal group that distributed images generated by artificial intelligence of children being sexually abused, the European Union's police agency said on Friday.

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 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.

Internet 16 Feb 2025 | 02:00 AM

Google and OpenAI back new safety tools to combat child sexual abuse

Google, OpenAI and children’s gaming platform Roblox are among the firms backing a new initiative to provide free online safety tools to firms around the globe.

Nation 19 Feb 2025 | 09:04 AM

Technician charged with child abuse

KUALA LUMPUR: A technician pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court here on Wednesday (Feb 19) to ill-treating a child who was under his mother-in-law's care.

Singapore 10 Feb 2025 | 05:44 AM

Jail, caning for man found with over 8,000 videos and images containing child sexual abuse materials

SINGAPORE: An accountant who claimed to have sought relief from his unhappiness at work by watching pornographic materials was found to have amassed some 10,000 hours of materials over two decades.

Technology 1 Feb 2025 | 11:06 PM

UK makes use of AI tools to create child abuse material a crime

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will make it illegal to use artificial intelligence tools that create child sexual abuse images, it said on Saturday, becoming the first country in the world to introduce the new AI sexual abuse offences.

Nation 18 Feb 2025 | 11:00 PM

U-turn made over child abuse not guilty plea

SEREMBAN: A 20-year-old woman, who had pleaded innocence when she was first charged last September, has now admitted to using a hot metal spoon to cause burns and injuries on the arms of young girls at the childcare centre she was working at.

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.

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.

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