Helping kids reach out for help


Protecting our future: Azalina (second, left) with Unicef representative to Malaysia Robert Gass visiting a booth held in conjunction with World Children’s Day at the Parliament building. — Bernama

KUALA LUMPUR: Children of today are practically raised on the Internet, so where better to reach out when crimes are committed against them?

An online system that allows children to report crimes is in the pipeline for next year so “those who feel ‘more afraid’ to come personally” to make a report can do so online, said Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said.

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