Worrisome

Almost every day, the local newspapers highlight on issues of bullies, molests and rapes especially in secondary schools.

The latest news reported :

1. Axe (kapak) gang - a 14 year old girl claimed that she had been bullied by the members of the gang but she kept quiet until the mother noticed the changed and bruises of the daughter. They lodged a police report but it turned out that the members' parents of the axe gang accused the girl's mother as exaggerating the whole issue. Finally, the girl dropped the charges and turned the leaf over by being friends.

2. A 14 year old girl from an orphanage home claimed that she was raped by her classmates several times within the school compound like classroom, canteen and toilet. She was taken to a hospital for medical check up and the finding was very unbelievable. A 4cm length of pencil was found in her private without her knowledge and she also was 1 month pregnant. However, her claimed was questionable as the police doubt that the incident took place in such a common place where a lot of passers by would notice if something not right happened.

Personally, I pitied both victims as they hide the incidents out of fear or being threatened or the worst was not to embarrass themselves. I do not know what really happened behind the scenes but reading the news and follow up, I feel like vomiting because I don't think it is easy to forgive and forget as in case 1, if it was true as claimed.

In second case, it seemed to me that the victim was assumed to be flirting around and the incident was so much on sex.

To me, the authorities should take more proactive measures as the victims had gone through physicals, mental and emotions trauma. They should be supported for their braveness to come forward as to avoid more victims.

As parents all this incidents really worrying but worrisome alone does not help us to solve the problems... We, parents, schools and authorities should unite and educate the kids to protect themselves and not to live in ignorance...