KUCHING: The Sarawak government has been urged to relook at rape and molestation cases of Penan girls and women which allegedly took place in the Baram interior over a decade ago.
Local Government and Housing Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin said legal action must be taken against the perpetrators, mostly timber workers and lorry drivers, following a report by a special committee formed by the Women, Family and Community Development Ministry in 2008.
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