KUCHING: A Sarawak NGO wants the Penal Code to be amended following the shock acquittal of a 60-year-old man on charges of raping a minor.
The Sarawak Women for Women Society said in a recent statement that public uproar showed that the Penal Code should be amended to incorporate the "sound reasoning behind the Child Act 2001”.
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