Sex crimes on the rise

KUALA LUMPUR: The number of sex crimes in the country, including sodomy and incest, increased by almost 50% in five years since 2005.

Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein said that last year, a total of 4,238 cases involving sex crimes were reported, compared with 2,427 cases in 2005. In 2006, a total of 2,943 cases were reported, followed by 3,689 in 2007 and 3,986 cases in 2008, he added.

However, he said, the number arrest for such offences during the period was 1,504 in 2005, 1,837 (2006), 2,649 (2007), 2,656 (2008) and 2,701 (2009), while the number of people charged for sex offences was 308 in 2005, 410 (2006), 304 (2007), 228 (2008) and 187 (2009). Hishammuddin said this in a written answer to a written question by Teresa Kok (DAP-Seputeh) in the Dewan Rakyat here on Monday. - Bernama

Source: TheStar Newspaper, 19 April 2010