‘Selangor, Johor have most child porn cases’


Worrying trend: To stop child porn crimes from spiralling further, the police are strengthening their war against child pornography. Picture posed by model. ­— Filepic/The Star

KUALA LUMPUR: The number of criminal cases involving child pornography has been increasing over the years, with more and more people accessing it online in Malaysia, according to police data made available to Sunday Star.

“The number of Internet protocol (IP) addresses in Malaysia found to be involved in these crimes totalled 136,993 between 2018 and January this year,” said Bukit Aman Sexual, Women and Children Crime Investigation Division (D11) principal assistant director Asst Comm Siti Kamsiah Hassan in a recent interview.

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