Cops: Most child sex perpetrators known by their victims

SHAH ALAM: Statistics by the Selangor police revealed that 75.7% of cases involving sexual crimes against children reported in the state since January were committed by persons known to the victims.

Selangor Criminal Investigation Department head Asst Comm Fadzil Ahmat said the sexual predators known to the victims were usually the father or stepfather, grandfather, older brother, babysitter’s husband or son, neighbour and mother’s boyfriend.