Legal Measures on Preventing Child Sexual Abuse in Malaysia

Wan Noor Aishah Sofia Wan Zainuddin, Nurin Hidayati Nordin, Fatin Faqihah Azmi, Nizamuddin Alias

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ABSTRACT
Child sexual abuse is a worrying trend as cases have been found to increase year by year. This article discusses the definition of child sexual abuse, its development over the years and its current legal position. The methodology used is qualitative by using comprehensive review of existing literature and relevant legislations. Existing legislations and judicial decisions have been analysed in detail. Comparisons are also made with selected Commonwealth countries like Singapore and India. It is found that the existing legislations need to be improved by amending current legal position such as making the offence gender neutral which means victims can be male or female children.
Keywords: Criminal law, sexual abuse, children


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