Azalina: Don't be a minister if you can't give justice to child sex victims

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PARLIAMENT | Former law minister Azalina Othman Said has lamented the lack of special courts for sexual crimes against children.She said this is especially worrying as the Covid-19 pandemic has made children who live with abusers vulnerable to exploitation.Azalina (BN-Pengerang) said when she was a minister the government had agreed to set up such courts in every state."Until today it has not been done," she revealed in the Dewan Rakyat today.The first special court for sexual crimes against children was established at the Palace of Justice in Putrajaya in June 2017.Later that year, plans were announced to set up similar courts nationwide - with the goal being to complete the exercise by the end of 2018.A second one was established in Kuching, Sarawak in April 2018 but there is no indication that such courts were set up in other states.The special courts presided ove…