New law needs everyone’s support


THE much-anticipated Sexual Offences against Children Bill 2017 was finally tabled for the first reading in the Dewan Rakyat on March 27.

Among the key provisions in the proposed new law is a section on child grooming, making it an offence to “sexually communicate”, or “meeting a child for sexual purposes”.

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