MALAYSIA
The Sun Daily
Ashwin Kumar, Timothy Achariam & Keshia Mahmood
newsdesk@thesundaily.com
PETALING JAYA: Unicef Malaysia yesterday said the Huckle case was only the tip of the iceberg and merely “a small part of the horrific trade in child pornography and the extensive scourge of pedophilia” worldwide.
“Unicef data also reveals that there are high levels of sexual exploitation of children online and an average of five child victims of online sexual abuse is identified by Interpol and police partners every day.
“The number of webpages containing child sexual abuse material grew by 147% from 2012 to 2014, with girls and children 10 years old or younger depicted in 80% of these materials,” it said.
In addition to the Child Cyber Sexual Investigation unit set up by the police last month, Unicef emphasised that there needs to be sufficient monitoring and surveillance mechanisms including a registry of sex offenders, to ensure offenders are stopped before they do further harm to children.
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