Juvenile Cases In Malaysia

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Juvenile cases in malaysia. Regarding malaysia s report the committee acknowledged the positive measures that the country has taken to promote children s rights and to comply with international standards regarding juvenile justice. Crime statistics malaysia 2018 is the first publication of the department which presents statistics on five crime areas namely crimes index drugs corruptions environments and other crimes. Rosmadi hj mohd daud. Authoritative source for malaysia latest news on politics business sports world and entertainment.

This trend can be alarming. Crime index ratio per 100 000 population. However it also highlighted some areas of concern with respect to the handling of children in conflict. Malaysia ministry of home affairs moha which registered an increase number of 5 305 juvenile delinquency cases where it went up from 3 399 cases in 2012 to 8 704 cases in 2013 please refer to table 1 below.

Image from the malay mail online. The average of 488 cases per month and 16 cases per day. Prisoner who has been convicted by the court for drug cases juvenile delinquents persons aged between 14 and 18 years who have been convicted by the juvenile courts and placed in henry gurney schools. In malaysia statistics recorded that there were 29 337 juveniles who were arrested for committing offences through the years 2002 until 2006 i e.

Although much has been. Crime index ratio per 100 000 population for malaysia in 2017 improved to 309 7 as against 2016. All that being said there are some circumstances in which a child would be tried in the regular courts. According to the statistics three categories of violent crime cases like rape causing injury and arm gang robbery.

The number of juveniles involved in delinquent acts kept on increasing from time to time. In 2006 alone the. Violent crimes dropped 4 3 per cent to 21 366 cases while property crimes decreased 13 6 per cent to 77 802 cases. Kuala lumpur at least one third of the rape cases reported to the police this year involved juvenile perpetrators and the number has been rising bukit aman statistics showed that 35 per cent.

Nhaveen case the suspects were tried in the regular courts. The nation has long been plagued by juveniles delinquency.