Minors aged between 12 and 16 are rape targets

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(Left) DCP (Operations) Donald Yamasombi and Madang commander Supt Mazuc Rubiang 

 Minors aged between 12 and 16 are rape targets

PORT MORESBY: Madang police are worried for communities because sex-related violence is rising and that most of the victims are minors aged between 12 and 16.

Police registered 20 sex-related assaults, including rape, last month till Feb 24, 2021.

That is Madang. What about others provinces and here?

Also, the worry may only be the tip of the iceberg because many sex-related crimes had gone unreported, possibly due to shame and fear.

And Deputy Comm (Operations) Donald Yamasombi says all who committed crimes against minors must be prosecuted but reminded parents to be responsible for the security and safety of their children.

Read on for the details as reported by The National:

 

Sex crimes on the rise

February 25, 2021The NationalMain Stories

By SYLVESTER WEMURU
SEX-RELATED violence is rising unabated in Madang and police are worried for communities because most of the victims are minors aged between 12 and 16.
“There were 20 sex-related assaults, including rape, reported to us last month till yesterday,” Madang commander Supt Mazuc Rubiang told The National.
The reports include 17 rapes, four attempted rapes and one sodomy assault.
Supt Rubiang said: “What is most disturbing and worrying is that most of the rape victims were schoolgirls. This is keeping policewomen and officers busy at the sexual offences squad (SOS) daily.
“This is not good and that most of the cases had not been attended to because of manpower, logistical and geographical constraints.
“Many of the cases were reported but the victims do not show up to give their statements for us to initiate arrests.”
Supt Rubiang reiterated that 20 cases in about six weeks “is a frightening record for this sort of crime affecting the fairer sex”.
“I am worried for the safety of our daughters and women, especially the minors,” he said, urging lawmakers to amend the laws to enhance penalties for sex crimes.
Acting officer-in-charge of criminal investigations division Chief Sgt Bola Rimur said most complaints received were from girls aged between 12 and 16 or minors.
Chief Sgt Rimur said many of the suspects involved in having sexual affairs with these minors were reported to police by their parents.
“Parents have the right to report if the girl is a minor,” he said.
“She can have a sex partner but if her age does not allow her and are reported to the police, the police will still arrest the man and charge him with sexual penetration (rape) of a minor.
“We have many such cases and some of these children had dropped out of school because of pregnancy.
“This is very bad for communities and society,” he added.

 

Help stop attacks on children

February 25, 2021The NationalMain Stories

By MIRIAM ZARRIGA
DEPUTY Commissioner of Police (DCP) operations Donald Yamasombi says all who committed crimes against minors must be prosecuted but reminded parents to be responsible for the security and safety of their children.
“Prosecute, we must. Families of victims must not accept compensation to settle such crimes committed against their children,” he told The National yesterday in response to reports of child sex predators who raped two 13-year-old girls in Mendi and East New Britain.
“I wish to issue a strict warning that parents and relatives must not settle criminal cases by accepting compensation because it is a serious offence under the Criminal Code Act.
“Such crimes must be properly dealt with in the Court of Law to deter such attacks on children.”
DCP Yamasombi also lamented that “it is very unfortunate that many crimes against minors were committed by people known to the family or the child”.
“Parents and guardians must be mindful of their children’s safety and security.
“The must take responsibility in their movements and who they mix with outside the home.
“Most of the perpetrators were also associated with family members or were friends or neighbours,” DCP Yamasombi said, adding that police would investigate and prosecute all suspected offenders.
He urged all parents and guardians of child abuse victims to lodge police reports at their nearest police stations so that the perpetrators faced the due process of the law.

 

Tension grows over 13-year-old girl’s rape

February 25, 2021The NationalMain Stories

By ELIAS LARI
COMMUNITY tension is growing in Mendi after police arrested and charged a couple who treated a 13-year-old girl as a prostitute, paying her K50 or K100 and forcing her into a threesome, molesting and raping her five times since last August.
“Cool down. Let us handle the case and let the law take its course,” Southern Highlands commander Chief Supt Martin Lakari reminded communities yesterday.
He warned communities, especially relatives of the girl and the couple, to refrain from taking the law into their own hands.
“Be law-abiding citizens (and) don’t let opportunists to disturb peaceful communities,” he said, warning that police would take appropriate and swift action against anyone who exploited the “rising temperatures” for their own selfish gain.
He said such cases (rape) needed to be pursued and the guilty must be punished by the law.
“Some crimes are listed as very serious and unacceptable, and this is one such case,” he added.
Chief Supt Lakari said many children and women had become victims of sex predators but “they remained silent because of fear or shame”.
“The law is there to deal with anyone who disturb or use bully tactics to threaten others into submission.
“Handling such matters outside the court or police must not be entertained.
“We will not get anything good out of such court matters.
“If anyone is doing such, report to us and we will know what to do,” he added. Chief Supt Lakari said a peace mediation team and the system of using community leaders should now be considered as a second priority to help ease tensions and resolve whatever problems.
“Relatives of the girl who are upset and feeling the pain must set an example to allow the police and courts to deal with the case,” he said.
“Do away with the compensation mentality.”
“For this couple, they must face tough penalties because their actions were totally senseless and they should face the full brunt of the law.”

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