Shock over rape acquittal


KUCHING: The Sarawak Women for Women Society (SWWS) wants better protection of children from sexual abuse following the acquittal of a man convicted earlier of raping a minor.

Bunya Jalong, 60, walked free on Thursday after the Court of Appeal found his four rape convictions unsound.

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