Groups disappointed over light sentences


Voicing concern: (From left) Prema, Ivy and Chong voicing their views on the light sentences handed down in the recent statutory rape cases.

PETALING JAYA: Women and children rights groups are disappointed over the “light” sentences handed down in the recent statutory rape cases, saying that the victims' interests were not protected.

Malaysian Child Resource Institute governor Aisha Z. Abdullah said that the judgments which did not punish the perpetrators was bordering on “blasphemy”.

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