100 Children Abused Daily

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 28 (Bernama) -- About 100 children are abused in this country daily, said a consultant attached to the Kuala Lumpur Hospital.
Datuk Dr Abu Hassan Assari, who is also head of the hospital's Emergency Department said the term "abused" here included physical, emotional and financial abuses.
He added that abused children also included those who were forced to work, did not receive protection and not properly looked after.
"According to a study by a non-government organisation called the All Women's Action Movement (AWAM) most of the abused children also suffered from emotional and financial abuse besides physical abuse," he told Bernama here Wednesday.
Based on the same study, four women were raped each day and some of them were under 15 years.
"The study also revealed that four women were molested and seven suffered sexual harassment a day."
He however said the One Stop Crisis Centre (OSCC) formed in all government hospitals had been encouraging the abused women to come forward and expose their problems.
"The problem now is that many abused women are not willing to come forward with their problems."
He said 104 OSCC throughout the country would be equipped with special equipment for determining abuse cases.
The equipment were effective and being used in many countries, he said.