PUTRAJAYA: Cases of violence against women are on a downward trend for the past three years, said Bukit Aman's Crime Prevention and Community Safety Department director Datuk Rusli Ahmad, indicating that effort to raise awareness on the problem are working. "And up to September this year, we saw only 28,252 cases," he said, when met at the Soroptomist International Region Of Malaysia (SIROM) 'Walk The Talk 2016: Community Against Violence' programme today. The programme was jointly hosted by Women, Family and Community Development, Malaysian Crime Prevention Foundation (MCPF) and the federal police in conjunction with the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. Rusli said usually the types of violence reported involved two categories; namely physical aggression and violence involving property. "Property violence involved theft including various types of vehicle, robbery and house break-ins," he said.

Source: New Strait Times October 26, 2016 13:08 UTC