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Keratan Akhbar Pilihan Rape Cases In Safe Spaces
"While there was a drop in cases, it was not a significant one compared with pre-pandemic times," said Bukit Aman Sexual, Women and Child Investigations Divisi...
Petaling Jaya, 22nd May 2022 - The various movement control orders since the outbreak of COVID-19 did not stop rapists from getting at their victims in too many cases, the restricted mobility merely trapped survivors with people they should have been able to trust.
"While there was a drop in cases, it was not a significant one compared with pre-pandemic times," said Bukit Aman Sexual, Women and Child Investigations Division (D11) principal assistant director, ACP Siti Kamsiah Hassan.
"In 2019, we recorded 1,453 rape cases, of which we charged 818 people. The next year, we recorded 1,378 rape cases and charged 728. In 2021, there were 1,390 rape cases, with 510 charged.
"So, you can see that rape cases are still above the one-thousand mark despite people not moving much during the MCO," she added.
Between January and March 2022, D11 received 302 rape reports, and ACP Siti Kamsiah expects this number to rise.
A total of 2,056 rape cases went to trial between 2019 and 2021. The department's statistics show that 19 cases were charged in court between January and March 2022.
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