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Pakistan stumbles upon its 'biggest' child sex scandal
Shock and anger as police discovers 400 video recordings of more than 280 children being forced to have sex in Punjab.
09 Aug 2015 19:37 GMT | Human Rights, Pakistan, Asia, Abuse

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Officials in the Pakistani state of Punjab have called for a federal inquiry into what it called the largest-ever child abuse scandal in the South Asian country's history involving nearly 300 children.

The government of Punjab state on Sunday ordered a judicial investigation into the scandal that came to light last week after discovery of about 400 video recordings of more than 280 children being forced to have sex.

"Those involved in the case will be severely punished. They will not be able to escape their fate. The affected families will be provided with justice at any cost," Chief Minister of Punjab Shahbaz Sharif was quoted as saying by Dawn newspaper website .

So far seven people have been reportedly arrested by the police over the case that has shocked the nation of 180 million.


People have protested in the wake of the scandal calling for action against perpetrators

Most of the victims were under 14, including a six-year-old boy, Rai Babar Saeed, district police chief of Kasur, where the incident happened, told reporters, adding that a 10-year-old schoolgirl filmed being molested by a 14-year-old boy.

Videos of these assaults were filmed and thousands of copies are believed to have been sold in Hussain Khanwala village in Kasur district, the police said.

One of the victims said he was injected in the spine with a drug before he was assaulted, they added.

Government in denial

The scale of the scandal emerged earlier this week after the victims' parents clashed with the police during a protest against their failure to prosecute the men who orchestrated the scandal.


Pakistan has seen a similar tragedy in the late 1990s, when 100 children were sexually abused and murdered in Lahore by Javed Iqbal Mughal, a serial killer.

Al Jazeera’s Nicole Johnston, reporting from Islamabad, said that a gang of 25 men has been involved in the crime, coordinating it.

"Some of the victims' families started to speak up. This is creating a lot of controversy in Pakistan," she said.

In an interview with Al Jazeera, Tahira Abdullah, a human rights activist in Islamabad, said that the government is "in denial" about the abuses.

"I think Pakistan is failing its children," she said adding that the stigma about the cases, and the hopeless in the court system, have prevented the arrest and persecution of abusers.

No message

Like, is this shit more prevalent than we think and we just don't catch enough people? Or maybe they just hold themselves back but have the urges?

I feel terrible for these kids. Hope they throw the book at these fucks.

...put a bullet in their heads.



Since 1976

HEAR ME OUT HERE:


I don't believe most people who rape children are pedophiles, I believe they are horrible rapists who go after the easiest target. I don't believe most rapists are truly sexually attracted to their victims.


on the flipside:

People can not help who they're sexually attracted to. If a true pedophile is attracted to them, but never touches a kid or buys/sells/trades/supports child pornography, then they should be allowed to live in out society without judgment.

the only ones we know about are the ones who act on it AND get caught. that subsection exists within those who act on it and don't get caught, and those who don't act on it.

There's not much in the way of research on it, though a German organization is doing a fascinating anonymous study, but most people who are sexually attracted to children never act on their impulse and know that it's wrong.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/virtuous-pedophiles-group-gives-support-therapy-cannot-1.2710160

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25471337

http://www.atsa.com/sites/default/files/LibraryArticles/Prevention%20Resources/Community%20Based/Beier%20et%20al.%202009%20-%20First%20results%20of%20the%20Prevention%20Project%20Dunkelfeld%20in%20Child%20Abuse%20and%20Neglect.pdf

with disgust. 280 is a small fraction of a much larger number. The good news is there are groups out there trying to help where they can. Didn't read the article, but it likely states all of that.

people really do some despicable shit