‘He started with nude pix’


Mahi Ramakrisnan at the Proham-GMM Urgent roundtable on Rohingya. THE ASEAN HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN the SEAS OF SOUTH EAST ASIA: WHAT ARE THE DURABLE SOLUTIONS in Kuala Lumpur, yesterday. MUHAMAD SHAHRIL ROSLI/The Star.

PETALING JAYA: Shy, quiet and completely withdrawn – that was Maria (not her real name), a victim of convicted British paedophile Richard Huckle when journalist Mahi Ramakrishnan first met her.

“She did warm up a bit to us, when we made it very clear that she was safe and that she could stop the interview at any time,” said Mahi.

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