JAKARTA, July 16 — The Indonesian police have busted an international baby trafficking syndicate believed to have been operating since 2023, rescuing six infants and arresting 12 suspects in a major cross-province operation.

ALOR GAJAH, July 7 — A 24-year-old woman and her 20-year-old boyfriend have been remanded for seven days starting today by the Alor Gajah Magistrate’s Court on suspicion of abusing her 15-month-old baby girl to death.

VANNES, May 29 — A retired French surgeon who sexually abused hundreds of young patients, many of them children, over more than two decades, received a 20-year jail sentence on Wednesday, in France's worst ever child abuse case to go to trial.

PUTRAJAYA, May 19 — The Court of Appeal was informed that the defence intends to call Ismanira Abdul Manaf, mother of Zayn Rayyan Abdul Matiin, to testify regarding a police report she lodged implicating a prosecution witness in the case involving Rumah Bonda founder Siti Bainun Ahd Razali.

PUTRAJAYA, May 14 — The Court of Appeal has upheld the 36-year prison sentence and 24 strokes of the cane imposed on a workshop owner convicted of incest and sexually assaulting his 12-year-old daughter over three consecutive days, four years ago.

ALOR GAJAH, May 13 — A married couple pleaded not guilty at the Alor Gajah Sessions Court today to charges of neglecting their two-month-old baby, resulting in serious injuries earlier this month.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 8 — An air conditioning technician pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court today to a charge of sodomising his stepdaughter last month.

KOTA BHARU, May 3 — A teacher suspected of stabbing his 11-year-old son twice with a vegetable knife in Kampung Banggol Che Dol, Pohon Tanjung, Pasir Mas, yesterday has been remanded for seven days starting today.

ROME, April 30 — The next leader of the global Roman Catholic Church needs to put the issue of clerical sex abuse at the heart of their papacy, victims' advocates said on Wednesday, criticising the legacies of the last three popes.

SHAH ALAM, April 27 — Only one child rescued from GISB Holdings Sdn Bhd (GISBH) remains at a Social Welfare Department (JKM) care centre.

PETALING JAYA, April 23 — A police investigating officer told the Sessions Court today that none of the 27 prosecution witnesses had stated that the parents of Zayn Rayyan Abdul Matiin had ever neglected the autistic child two years ago.

By Yasmin Ramlan SHAH ALAM, April 22 — The Selangor government is looking into Rainbow Home Care Centre in Cheras, which has made headlines for alleged child abuse. State executive councillor for women empowerment and welfare Anfaal Saari said the shelter could be closed if it doesn’t follow...

KUALA LUMPUR, April 11 — An orphanage in Cheras, which made the headlines following a recent viral video regarding alleged mistreatment of children, has been ordered to close.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 10 — The police have detained a married couple, who are the owners and caretakers of a private shelter home in Batu 9, Cheras, today for the suspected abuse of its residents.

PETALING JAYA, April 8 — A witness told the Sessions Court today that the death of autistic boy Zayn Rayyan Abdul Matiin is not considered a normal death, but rather classified as suspicious, or "homicide until proven otherwise".

PETALING JAYA, April 8 — A forensics medical expert consultant told the Sessions Court today that Zayn Rayyan Abdul Matiin’s death was caused by strangulation to the neck and not drowning in water.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 4 — Four individuals, including a civil servant, were arrested, and over 50,000 pieces of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) were seized during Operation Cyber Guardian.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 28 — A woman and her 29-year-old son pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court today to two charges of child abuse involving two boys who were placed under their care.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 27 — A disabled teen who previously pleaded guilty to a charge of physically assaulting a girl at a mosque in Batang Kali, Hulu Selangor, changed his plea at the Ampang Sessions Court here today.

KAJANG, March 24 — The Shah Alam High Court today dismissed an application by GISB Holdings Sdn Bhd (GISBH) chief executive officer Datuk Nasiruddin Mohd Ali and 12 others who are facing charges of being members of an organised crime group to be allowed bail.