JOHOR BARU: Some 7,468 home violence cases have been reported to police last 12 months – a 42% improve from 5,260 in 2020, says Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Rina Mohd Harun.
“According to police statistics, home violence cases have been rising by the day and there was a big improve last 12 months.
“The similar goes for sexual crimes, which noticed a rise of about 3% with 3,271 cases last 12 months towards 3,177 the earlier 12 months.
“The new regular following the Covid-19 pandemic has had a big impact on many as their actions have been restricted and this had emotional and psychological results,” she stated in her speech on the launch of Skuad Waja @ Johor at Taman Sinar Harapan right here on Sunday (Feb 13).
She famous that Skuad Waja was set up to assist victims of home violence search assist and likewise to extend consciousness of the difficulty of violence towards girls.
“Skuad Waja volunteers got coaching comparable to fundamentals in psychology to assist them play a job in getting victims to hunt skilled assist.
“To date, we’ve got 123,731 volunteers nationwide since its institution last 12 months. Skuad Waja has been capable of attain out to some 6,837 individuals and attended to 945 cases thus far,” she stated.
There have been 8,886 volunteers in Johor alone, together with 159 males, she added.
“In Johor, the volunteers have supplied psychosocial assist to some 1,113 individuals by way of 84 programmes. They have additionally been capable of attend to some 52 reported cases and given assist in varied kinds,” she stated.
Her speech was learn by ministry deputy director-general Mohd Yusri Mohd Yusoff.
