ONCE again, disturbing news appeared: A 16-year-old boy claimed he had been sodomised by his father for six years (“Boy lodges sodomy report against dad”, The Star, June 28; online at bit.ly/star_rape). The boy claimed that his ordeal began when he was nine. To add salt to the wound, the dad who was supposed to guard him with his life threatened the boy with a sharp object whenever the boy wanted to report the heinous act.
I’m sure that for many who read the news, anger and sadness filled their hearts – but this is just the tip of the iceberg, as many such cases happen daily. They are not always reported because the victims could be unsure whether this is an act of love or if he or she is being subjected to something that will scar him or her for a lifetime.
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