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UK apologises to thousands of grooming victims as it toughens law
AFP, Published on 17/06/2025
» LONDON - The UK government announced Monday it would bring in tough new laws to "root out the scourge" of grooming gangs and apologised to thousands of victims believed to have been sexually exploited.
Couple accused of abusing underage Shan labourers
Published on 14/09/2024
» A couple in the Pracha Chuen area of Bangkok have been arrested on suspicion of exploiting minors from Shan state in Myanmar for forced labour.
Singapore jails, canes man who raped siblings
South China Morning Post, Published on 27/06/2023
» Exposed to porn at a young age, a boy began sexually assaulting his younger sisters when they were 10 and 11 years old.
Japan raises age of consent from 13 to 16 years
AFP, Published on 16/06/2023
» TOKYO: Japan's age of consent was raised from 13, among the world's lowest, to 16 years old on Friday as lawmakers passed key reforms to sex crime legislation.
Japan raises age of consent from 13 to 16 years old
AFP, Published on 16/06/2023
» TOKYO - Japan's age of consent was raised from 13, among the world's lowest, to 16 years old on Friday as lawmakers passed key reforms to sex crime legislation.
Depths of despair
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 06/03/2023
» News from Nakhon Pathom in February about an eight-month-old baby, Nong Tor, who was kidnapped while his parents slept, drew the public's attention for weeks. By the end of February, the infant's 17-year-old mother, N*, confessed to police that while bathing Nong Tor she accidentally dropped him, causing him to have infantile spasms. The teenage mother did not know what to do. She later dumped the baby's body in the river. Despite an extensive search of the river by police, rescue officers and volunteers, the body of Nong Tor has not been found. N faces three charges -- causing death by negligence, concealing a corpse and reporting false information to authorities.
Husband in missing-baby case charged with procuring
Online Reporters, Published on 23/02/2023
» NAKHON PATHOM: A 19-year-old man has been charged with pimping his 17-year-old wife to an older man, who turns out to be the biological father of the woman’s missing baby boy.
Japan weighs finally lifting age of consent from 13
AFP, Published on 17/02/2023
» TOKYO - A Japanese justice ministry panel on Friday proposed raising the country's age of consent, currently among the world's lowest at just 13, as part of a major overhaul of sex crime legislation.
Philippine leader approves bill raising sex consent age from 12 to 16
Published on 07/03/2022
» MANILA: Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has signed into law a bill that raises the minimum age of sexual consent from 12 to 16, his office said on Monday, in a bid to protect minors from rape and sexual
Philippines Senate backs bill to raise sexual consent age from 12 to 16
Reuters, Published on 28/09/2021
» MANILA: A bill to raise the minimum age of sexual consent in the Philippines from 12 to 16 has moved closer towards becoming law, after senators approved it in its final reading.