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The Rise of



                 Cybercrime:


                 A Webinar



                 on Sexual


                 Harassment



                 Prevention


                 and Self-



                 Protection                                            Jointly reported by:


                                                                          Craig Ng Sr1ScA
                                                                       Khoo Xin Yi Sr1ScA


                 As a society, it is generally important  admitted that the modern day’s mode                                          shared similar characteristics. These           a healthy outlook on life. She also
                 for us to recognise that sexual  of crime has shifted to online assault.                                              cybercriminals first use social media-          mentioned the importance of saying
                 assault is indeed happening and has  Furthermore, most victims are forced                                             based      communication         channels       “no’’ whenever necessary. The right
                 become a true issue, with incidents  by various factors and dare not speak                                            to gain the trust of the victims by             judgement may mitigate the occurance

                 are alarmingly increasing day by  up for themselves. Eventually, that                                                 lures, coaxes, and threats. Then, they          of a forced sexual relationship.
                 day. To raise the awareness of sexual  becomes the root of the frequent                                               open up sexual topics, and invite
                 assault among teens, a Talk related on  occurrence of this certain type of crime                                      victims to meet, coax or coerce them            Thereafter, Ms Ding reminded the

                 the Prevention and Self-protection  pattern in society. To further emphasise                                          into doing illicit acts with them.              participants about Malaysia’s laws
                 was held on the 25th of June. All  on such crimes, Ms Ding shared a                                                                                                   on  sexual  assault  and  the  current
                 Senior Middle One students of Kuen  video regarding a social experiment                                               Moving on, Ms Ding brought up a                 age restrictions on related matters.
                 Cheng High School were invited to  where teenagers were led to believe the                                            series of questions that were given             However, no crime can be uncovered
                 participate in the talk which lasted for  sweet talk and lies of online predators.                                    to teenagers, mostly regarding their            without first being reported. There

                 around 2 hours last Saturday morning.                                                                                 opinions on the morality of sexual              is no such instance of a victimless
                                                               Ms Ding continued the talk with several                                 intimacy.  Among  the  Malaysian                crime. Ms Ding emphasised the
                 To start off, our guest speaker, Ms  more relevant cases. For instance,                                               teenagers, most seemed to be more               importance of speaking up for oneself,

                 Ding I Ling, briefly introduced  Richard Huckle, a British paedophile,                                                conservative towards the topic, yet             especially as a victim of sexual assault.
                 herself. As a victim care officer,  was arrested for baiting more than 200                                            the reasons they would ever commit
                 Ms  Ding  explained  the  duties  of  Malaysian and Cambodian children a                                              such acts were said to be due to peer
                 the Sexual, Women and Child  decade ago. Consequently, his final                                                      pressure or merely for the experience.          To end the webinar, a quick Q&A
                 Investigation Division (D11) of the  verdict was 22 life sentences served                                                                                             session was held in case of any doubts

                 Criminal Investigation Department,  concurrently with a minimum jail                                                  Ms Ding later advised the participants          the participants had for Ms Ding. It was
                 Perak     Polis     DiRaja      Malaysia.     term of 25 years. The statistics lead                                   to find the right partner for                   an enlightening session of Ms Ding’s
                 In the following section, Ms Ding  us to the conclusion that the victims                                              themselves, specifically one with               Talk with a range of topics discussed.


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