Special police unit to fight child porn expanded to every state


ACP Siti Kamsiah: The Micac unit is currently developing trained experts to tackle cyber sexual crimes as special knowledge and skills are needed to hunt and track down these online criminals. — MUHAMAD SHAHRIL ROSLI/The Star

THE police are stepping up efforts to crack down on child pornography in Malaysia, as the crime has shown an up tick in cases over the past six years.

Under Budget 2023, a special police unit was set up under the Bukit Aman Sexual, Women and Children Crime Investigation Division (D11) to counter child pornography.

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