KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 23 — A nasi lemak seller was fined RM10,000 by the Sessions Court today for caning and causing injuries to his six-year-old stepson after the boy failed to solve mathematical problems.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 19 — Issues related to child abuse, low participation of secondary students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and poverty eradication are among the focus of the Dewan Rakyat sitting today.

MUMBAI, Oct 7 — India has sent notices to social media platforms X, formerly known as Twitter, YouTube, and Telegram, asking them to ensure there is no child sexual abuse material on their platforms, the government said on Friday (October 6).

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 18 — The Ministry of Women, Family, and Community Development (KPWKM), via the Social Welfare Department (JKM), has handled a total of 2,959 cases of child abuse, involving physical, sexual, and emotional abuse between January and May this year.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 11 — The special guidelines for handling cases on sexual offences against children will be updated to a new version in January 2024, said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reform) Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 7 — As of yesterday, the police received three more reports on alleged abuse of children at a child care centre in Bandar Sri Permaisuri, Cheras.

KUCHING, Sept 3 — The Women, Family and Community Development Ministry (KPWKM) has proposed appropriate punishment for abusers under the Children's Commission Bill to be tabled in Dewan Rakyat in October.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 26 — The police have arrested a woman and her boyfriend over the death of her five-year-old son, who is believed to be a victim of abuse, on Tuesday (August 22).

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 26 — The seven-year-old boy who was allegedly abused by his mother and her friend in Pasir Gudang, Johor early this month has been placed under the care of his aunt, following an assessment made by the Social Welfare Department (JKM).

LONDON, Aug 19 — British nurse Lucy Letby was convicted on Friday of murdering seven babies and trying to kill another six at the hospital where she worked in northwest England, making her one of the country's worst serial child killers.

LONDON, Aug 19 — British nurse who described herself as a 'horrible, evil person' was found guilty on Friday (August 18) of murdering seven newborn babies and trying to kill another six in the neonatal unit of a hospital in northwest England where she worked.

JOHOR BAHRU, Aug 16 — A single mother and her tomboy friend were charged in the Magistrate's Court here today with ill-treating and neglecting her seven-year-old son.

PASIR GUDANG, Aug 13 — Several neighbours of the seven-year-old boy suspected to have been abused at Bandar Layangkasa claimed they have been hearing frequent episodes of crying and screams from him over the past two weeks, believed to have been from beatings and scoldings.

KOTA KINABALU, Aug 10 — Two investigation papers have been opened under Section 31(1)(a) of the Child Act 2001 to look into the abuse of a four-year-old boy by a kindergarten worker, 27, that went viral on social media recently.

SEBUYAU, Aug 5 — The Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development (KPWKM) will rejuvenate its initiative under the Wanita Bangkit@KWPKM programme by introducing more products for sale to the participants.

IPOH, Aug 1 — A woman and her boyfriend, suspected to be involved in the death of a nine-year-old boy in Taman Panglima, Asaam Kumbang, Taiping on Sunday (July 30) have been remanded for seven days starting yesterday.

KUALA PILAH, July 20 — The Ministry of Education (MoE) will not compromise if a Year Five male student's allegation is true that he was injured after being caned by his principal in Segamat, Johor, two days ago.

IPOH, July 20 — A construction labourer currently serving time for housebreaking and awaiting sentence for rape, was brought to the Sessions Court today and charged with committing physical sexual assault on an 11-year-old girl.

MELAKA, July 18 — A fourteen-year-old boy was charged in the Ayer Keroh Magistrate’s Court today with the murder of his younger brother.

MELAKA, July 18 — A man was charged in the Ayer Keroh Magistrate's Court here today with murdering his girlfriend's three-year-old son.