(Kuala Lumpur News) Police statistics shown that 1036 cases of
rape had occurred between January to July 2005. 162 of these cases
were committed by relatives of the victims; inclusive of 54 cases
of father raping their children and 1 case of son raping his own
mother.
Statistics had also shown that majority of the victims were raped
by their friends. 274 of such cases were committed between the said
period; followed by rape committed by boyfriends (251 cases) ,
strangers (196), neighbours (65) and friends of first encounters
(37).
Comparing with the statistics between the same period last year,
there were 17 more rape cases this year.
Also, more rape cases involving fiances, father-in-laws, stepsons,
stepfathers and ex-husbands had also increased over the first 7
months this year as compared to the same period last year.
ape cases in Terengganu had surged 26.32% or 10 cases from last
year's 38.
This increase was the highest among the other 12 states of
Malaysia. Second highest increase of rape cases are in Selangor
((18.75% or 33 cases), Kedah (16.46% or 13 cases) came in
third.
Among the rape victims in this period, 491 of them are below 15
years old (501 in the same period last year), 184 are between 16 to
17 years old, 358 are above 18 years old. It can be seen from the
statistics that rape victims below the age of 15 are the biggest
group.
