Underage rape fuelled by online grooming


KUALA LUMPUR: Rape cases involving underage girls have increased over the last three years and police believe most of it is connected to grooming via social media and chat applications like WhatsApp.

Bukit Aman’s Sexual, Women and Child Investigation Division (D11) principal assistant director Senior Asst Comm Siti Kamsiah Hassan said most victims told police that they met the perpetrators through social media.

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