Almost half of incest cases in court involve stepdads


PETALING JAYA: Stepfathers make up most of the accused in incest cases brought to courts nationwide since the Covid-19 pandemic started.

These men were involved in 149 (45%) of the total number of 334 incest cases registered and charged in Malaysian courts between January 2020 and June this year.

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