KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 13 -- A total of 608 out of 3,093 sexual crime cases involving individuals under the age of 18, recorded from 2023 to October this year, occurred in school areas.

Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Law and Institutional Reform) M. Kulasegaran said that out of the total number of cases, 1,760 were recorded in 2023, followed by 1,041 in 2024, and 892 cases from January to October this year.

"As for arrests within the same period, a total of 3,601 were made - 1,194 in 2023, 1,348 in 2024, and 1,059 between January and October this year," he said during a Special Chamber session in the Dewan Rakyat today.

To address the issue, he said the Ministry of Education (MOE) has established the Institutional Safe...