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A former Disney child actor has filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles alleging repeated sexual abuse by a middle-aged employee during film production. The complaint claims Disney failed to protect her despite the misconduct being visible to cast and crew.
A Hong Kong court has imprisoned a former teacher for 18 months after he was convicted of molesting a student twice in 2020. The judge rejected leniency pleas, citing the severity of the abuse and its lasting psychological impact.
A 22-year-old Singaporean has been sentenced to over nine years' imprisonment and 12 strokes of the cane for sexually exploiting two 13-year-old girls through deception and grooming between late 2023 and mid-2024.
Police in Melaka have arrested a 36-year-old trader accused of sexually abusing 10 boys over a period spanning from March to the present month, including one instance of sodomy.