'Punish those guilty of rape'

KUCHING: The Sarawak government should take action to investigate and punish those guilty of sexually abusing Penan women, said Sarawak Native Women's Association (Wadesa) president, Hellan Empaing.

"Wadesa is disappointed with some government politicians who treated this matter as a petty issue," she said here.

Empaing said it was also disheartening to know that Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Alfred Jabu himself denied hearing of such problems from ethnic chiefs when he visited Ulu Baram.

She said he had, instead, claimed to be doubtful of the Sept 8 report on the sexual abuse of the Penan women submitted by the National Action Committee that was spearheaded by the Women Development Department and the Women, Family and Community Development Ministry and even venturing that the non-governmental organisations had manipulated the research. - + selanjutnya

'Punish those guilty of rape'