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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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