What's going on?? For every 1.7 hours, a person is raped in Malaysia. Can you believe it? That's how bad rape cases are increasing each year. The most mind boggling thing is that offenders for rape in Malaysia are only sentenced to a minimum of 5 years of imprisonment and a maximum of 20 years. They are also liable to be fined or whipped up to 6 strokes of the rattan.
In the UK, offenders for rape get a maximum life imprisonment. See the huge gap? No wonder rape cases cannot be deterred. More and more cases are being revealed each day. The targeted ones are little children and villager girls. This is because men like innocent ones. Those village people are not educated and some do not even know they are being raped and if they do, they are scared to report it for fear of their lives. The most recent case would be the Penan girls being raped by loggers. Finally, after one year the government is going to do something about it.
Remember Nurin Jazlin? That poor child was raped and killed before she was stuffed in a sports bag and dumped near a shoplot. Also those missing children lately? We can only hope and pray that these kids return home safely. We do not know who are abducting them or what are they doing with them and whether are they even alive?
In reality, we girls cannot really do much. We can try to avoid dark alleys, walking home alone or be cautious with having pepper spray and stuff. However, men are definitely stronger and if they are determined to rape the victim, she is helpless. Even if girls were to take a cab in a group, their safety are not necessarily guarenteed. That was the ordeal of the six secondary school children being raped by a cab driver for over a year.
So ladies: Beware!! Men: Have self control and self-dignity!! You will be better respected if you respect others.
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