Call for more specific laws to tackle child sexual abuse

Unsuspecting public: Huckle at a social event in September 2014.

PETALING JAYA: Malaysian laws are severely inadequate to deal with the wide range of sexual offences against children, say legal minds reacting to Richard Huckle’s senten­cing in London.

There are no specific legal repercussions for the act of grooming, which often serves as the foundation for most sexual crimes against children.