Paedophilia and sexual crimes against children in Malaysia

One of Britain's worst paedophiles, who posted on the so-called “dark web” as he abused up to 200 Malaysian children, has been handed 22 life sentences. Briton Richard Huckle (born 14 May 1986) is a convicted sex offender of Paedophilia. He was arrested by Britain's National Crime Agency (...

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Main Authors: Mohamad Yunus, Mohamad Ismail, Mohamad Hanifa, Shamshina, Abdul Rahman, Muhammad Ikhbal
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Language:English
Published: Thomas Reuters Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. 2016
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spelling iium-560252017-03-08T02:11:35Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/56025/ Paedophilia and sexual crimes against children in Malaysia Mohamad Yunus, Mohamad Ismail Mohamad Hanifa, Shamshina Abdul Rahman, Muhammad Ikhbal K Law (General) KBP Islamic Law One of Britain's worst paedophiles, who posted on the so-called “dark web” as he abused up to 200 Malaysian children, has been handed 22 life sentences. Briton Richard Huckle (born 14 May 1986) is a convicted sex offender of Paedophilia. He was arrested by Britain's National Crime Agency (NCA) after a tip-off from Australian Police and convicted of 71 counts of serious sexual crimes against children while posing as a teacher, photographer, and devout Christian in Malaysia. Huckle has been described as Britain's worst ever paedophile by both the media and the prosecution team, despite only being 28 years old at the time of his arrest, and on 6 June 2016, he was given 22 life sentences with a minimum prison term of 25 years before being eligible to apply for parole. How does the Malaysian Penal Code protect children against paedophilia and other sexual abuse? Does the law provide adequate protection to the children in Malaysia? Given the seriousness of child sexual crimes in Malaysia, and the growing public concern about this area of offence, law enforcement agencies need a committed and coordinated approach in detecting and countering paedophilia. Thus, the government recently established a proactive, intelligence-driven investigative task force called Sexual Crimes Against Children under the Prime Minister Department, which is to introduce the most effective law enforcement against paedophilia etc. By establishing the specialist task force in this way, offenders are likely to be detected, traced, identified and apprehended far earlier, with less resource, than with the traditional complaints-based approach. Thomas Reuters Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. 2016 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/56025/1/Paedophilia%20and%20Sexual%20Crime%20Against%20Children.pdf Mohamad Yunus, Mohamad Ismail and Mohamad Hanifa, Shamshina and Abdul Rahman, Muhammad Ikhbal (2016) Paedophilia and sexual crimes against children in Malaysia. The Law Review. pp. 530-542. ISSN 1985-0891
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KBP Islamic Law
Mohamad Yunus, Mohamad Ismail
Mohamad Hanifa, Shamshina
Abdul Rahman, Muhammad Ikhbal
Paedophilia and sexual crimes against children in Malaysia
description One of Britain's worst paedophiles, who posted on the so-called “dark web” as he abused up to 200 Malaysian children, has been handed 22 life sentences. Briton Richard Huckle (born 14 May 1986) is a convicted sex offender of Paedophilia. He was arrested by Britain's National Crime Agency (NCA) after a tip-off from Australian Police and convicted of 71 counts of serious sexual crimes against children while posing as a teacher, photographer, and devout Christian in Malaysia. Huckle has been described as Britain's worst ever paedophile by both the media and the prosecution team, despite only being 28 years old at the time of his arrest, and on 6 June 2016, he was given 22 life sentences with a minimum prison term of 25 years before being eligible to apply for parole. How does the Malaysian Penal Code protect children against paedophilia and other sexual abuse? Does the law provide adequate protection to the children in Malaysia? Given the seriousness of child sexual crimes in Malaysia, and the growing public concern about this area of offence, law enforcement agencies need a committed and coordinated approach in detecting and countering paedophilia. Thus, the government recently established a proactive, intelligence-driven investigative task force called Sexual Crimes Against Children under the Prime Minister Department, which is to introduce the most effective law enforcement against paedophilia etc. By establishing the specialist task force in this way, offenders are likely to be detected, traced, identified and apprehended far earlier, with less resource, than with the traditional complaints-based approach.
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author Mohamad Yunus, Mohamad Ismail
Mohamad Hanifa, Shamshina
Abdul Rahman, Muhammad Ikhbal
author_facet Mohamad Yunus, Mohamad Ismail
Mohamad Hanifa, Shamshina
Abdul Rahman, Muhammad Ikhbal
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title Paedophilia and sexual crimes against children in Malaysia
title_short Paedophilia and sexual crimes against children in Malaysia
title_full Paedophilia and sexual crimes against children in Malaysia
title_fullStr Paedophilia and sexual crimes against children in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Paedophilia and sexual crimes against children in Malaysia
title_sort paedophilia and sexual crimes against children in malaysia
publisher Thomas Reuters Malaysia Sdn. Bhd.
publishDate 2016
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/56025/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/56025/1/Paedophilia%20and%20Sexual%20Crime%20Against%20Children.pdf
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