AsiaNews 07/24/2012 – So far this year, police recorded 975 cases and 20 thousand complaints reported to the National Child Protection Authority (NCPA). Over the past five years, the country has registered 6,343 incidents of rape and 15,158 of child abuse. Among the main causes: the lowering of the level of education, spread of internet and mobile phones and cocaine and alcohol abuse.

It is red alert in Sri Lanka as incidents of violence, rapes and child abuse continues to grow: from January 2012, 975 cases were registered by the police and 20 thousand complaints received by the National Child Protection Authority (NCPA). One of the last episodes that made headlines, concerns a 13 year old girl, victim of a gang rape by four men. One of these was an official of the Tengalle, and another, a businessman, owner of several hotels. Despite the young girl identifying her attackers, no one has been arrested.

Data from the Ministry for Women and Child Development at least 6,343 cases of rape and 15,158 cases of child abuse have taken place in the last five years. In this period, the sexual abuse of girls have grown exponentially: 799 cases in 2006, 805 in 2007, 914 in 2008, 922 in 2009, 1,089 in 2010, 1,169 in 2011.
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