Fatihah Jamhari

There has been a worrying increase in the number of teenage pregnancies in Malaysia, culminating in the country's youngest recorded case of a nine-year-old giving birth to a child, according to a Selangor-based NGO The nine-year-old girl was sexually assaulted by her own brother, who was reportedly influenced by explicit pornographic videos, Yayasan Ikhlas chairperson Professor Dr Zainur Rashid Zainuddin told Sinar Harian. He expressed concern over the increasing number of sexual exploitation of minors, while revealing that the case involving the nine-year-old victim occurred three years ago in Penang. He said such cases previously involved teenagers aged between 17 and 18, but now include children as young as nine years old. Disturbingly, states like Negeri Sembilan and Terengganu have recorded cases of sexual exploitation involving 11-year-old children. According to the professor, the rise in the number of such cases can be attributed partly to the pervasive influence of social m...

SHAH ALAM: Negara mencatatkan kes termuda kelahiran anak luar nikah membabitkan kanak-kanak perempuan sembilan tahun selepas menjadi mangsa seksual abang sendiri yang terpengaruh dengan video pornografi. Pengerusi Yayasan Ikhlas, Profesor Dr Zainur Rashid Zainuddin berkata, usia muda bagi kes yang berlaku tiga tahun lepas di Pulau Pinang itu amat membimbangkan kerana sebelum ini hanya melibatkan remaja berusia 17 dan 18 tahun. “Jika dulu kes kelahiran anak luar nikah dalam kalangan remaja usia 17 hingga 18 tahun tetapi sekarang berlaku di usia sembilan hingga 13 tahun. “Di Negeri Sembilan dan Terengganu ada kes kanak-kanak 11 tahun. Ini amat membimbangkan kerana kadar remaja yang terlibat dengan kes kelahiran anak tidak sah taraf meningkat 11 peratus. “Satu daripada 10 remaja di negara ini pernah melakukan hubungan seks bebas tanpa ikatan perkahwinan,” katanya kepada Sinar Harian sempena pelancaran Modul Pendidikan Seksualiti dan Kesihatan Reproduktif (ReproAlert) di Putrajaya. Modul y...