Police want sex education

NST: Police welcome the introduction of sex education as it would help curb the rise in incest and statutory rape cases in Pahang.
There has been a rise in such cases in the State over the last three years by 10 per cent annually.
However, there has been a drop in the overall crime rate last year by about 17 per cent.
Pahang police chief Datuk Ramli Yussuf said the rise in rape and incest reflected a worsening social problem.
Many of the statutory rape cases reported involved youth under the age of 16, Ramli said at the district police headquarters here yesterday.
Such cases, he added, were mostly reported in rural areas and Felda schemes in Pahang.
"Police have submitted their input to the State Government on various aspects of the social problems including how to tackle them.
He added that they welcomed the proposed sex education as a way to reduce such crimes and felt that religious teachings must be intensified to help deal with the problem.
The exposure to pornographic material via the Internet, short messaging system and multimedia messaging system as well as lax parental monitoring were factors which contributed to the problems, he added.
Parents should be strict with their children and constantly monitor their after-school activities, he added.