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43 years' jail, rotan for pimping, sexual abuse

Friday, 23 November 2007 08:12am

©New Straits Times (Used by permission) by Jason Gerald John MALACCA: A 32-year-old man will spend 43 years in jail for offences including procuring a 14-year-old girl for purposes of prostitution and causing miscarriage without the girl's consent. Baharudin Sidek, from Air Paabas in Alor Gajah, was also ordered by the Sessions Court yesterday to be given 20 strokes of the rotan and fined RM50,000. He pleaded guilty to four charges, one under the Child Act and three under the Penal Code. The charges were: - procuring the Form two girl for purposes of prostitution; - causing miscarriage without the girl's consent; - living on the earnings of the prostitution of another person; and - inserting an object into the girl's vagina without her consent. The offences were committed at a house in Taman Hilir in Ujong Pasir here between July and Sept 8. For procuring the girl for purposes of prostitution Baharudin was sentenced to 10 years' jail, while for causing miscarriage he was sentenced to eight years' jail and fined RM20,000 or two years' jail. He was sentenced to 15 years' jail and 10 strokes of the rotan for living on immoral earnings and 10 years' jail, 10 strokes and RM30,000 fine or two years' jail for inserting an object into the girl's vagina. Baharudin, unemployed, has skin cancer and is a HIV carrier. He was first charged at Ward C3 of the Melaka General Hospital on Sept 24 as he was admitted to the hospital. Baharudin's girlfriend, Norshapinah Mohamad, 22, from Paya Rumput, jointly faced with him two of the charges -- procuring the girl for prostitution and causing miscarriage without the girl's consent. She was also charged with living on the earnings of the prostitution. She claimed trial to all the charges. Judge Kamaruddin Kamsun fixed Jan 23 and 24 for hearing.

Common Myths about the Sexual Abuse of Boys and Men

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Preconceptions abound about the sexual abuse of boys and men. Some of the most common of these myths include:

• Men cannot be sexually abused.
• Women do not abuse sexually.
• Sexual abuse is always overt.
• Sexual abuse turns a boy gay.
• Sexually abused boys almost inevitably become sexually abusive men.
• Victimizers are always conscious of the abuse they are committing.
• Male victimizers who molest boys consider themselves homosexual and are sexually interested in other men.
• If you have allowed abuse, then you are a sissy or a weakling.
• Children can always say no to abuse if violence is not used. If they don’t, they must have wanted the abuse to occur.
• If a boy becomes sexually aroused, he is an equal participant in the abuse

Each of these myths reverberates for sexually abused boys and men, raising painful questions and suffusing deep shame. Yet none of them are true. Along with other preconceptions, they have all been refuted by an expanding body of literature about boyhood sexual victimization. In the coming months, Doctor Gartner will explore each of these myths further.
©2007 Richard Gartner
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PREVENT YOURSELF FROM BEING A VICTIM

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make them believe

mostly the victims does'nt want to share their problems because they are afraid nobody will believe them. at the same time, they do not know who want to listen. so,give them hope..let them know there are people who they can trust such as police.