Ahad, Disember 05, 2010

'STUDENTS IN SEX TRADE'

'Students in sex trade'

Friday, December 03, 2010 Penampang: The National Upko Women Symposium on Education heard, Thursday, of an established network targeting tertiary students from institutions of higher learning for the flesh trade in the State.

"I was told by well-informed sources that there is a pimp or mediator who gets in touch with the girls who are willing to offer such services.

It is like pressing the button for sex services.

"It is understood that the girls get paid in advance, ranging from RM100 to RM500 per session. They demand payment first for fear that they might be short-changed," Upko Women Movement Chief, Dr Jaina Sintian, said.

The topics of tertiary students' involvement in the flesh trade, teenage pregnancy, Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) and drug mules dominated the symposium.

Dr Jaina believed that some of these call girls, who are from suburban or rural areas, are from broken families.

"Don't judge them by their 'innocent' faces because they might be 'rotting' inside. A Sexually Transmitted Disease is like cancer which spreads.

Quite a number have sought treatment for STDs. They might not even know that they are bringing HIV to their village."

She said those involved in part-time prostitution complained that their parents did not give them enough money or were divorced.

So they (girls) could not get money from their fathers who had since remarried and raised new families. "Living in the city, they wanted to live like the Joneses with sophisticated handphones, laptops and what have you."

As a preventive measure, Dr Jaina suggested sex education through subjects like Moral Education, Civics and Nationhood Education and Religion, instead of making sex education a separate subject.

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Hamisa urges probe into 'students in vice' claim

December 05, 2010 Kota Kinabalu: The Ministry of Higher Learning Institutions has been urged to investigate a claim that some students are paying their way through college by prostituting part-time.

Tanjung Batu Assemblywoman Datuk Hamisa Samat said the problem need to be seriously looked into as it affects the good name of higher learning institutions and the concerned generation needs to be saved.

She said such claim had been highlighted before but since there was no effective action, the public did not know the severity of the problem.

"If no prevention measures are carried out, the social ill will worsen," she said, when commenting on the revelation by National Upko Wanita Chief Datin Dr Jaina Sintian at the party's convention on Thursday.

Jaina said most of the students involved were from broken homes.

Hamisa, who is also Kalabakan Umno Wanita Chief, said she fears that such problem could cause a rise of other social ills like baby dumping, HIV infection, AIDS and drug abuse.

In this respect, she said all quarters need to have an open mind and not be hasty in making denials just to safeguard their image and positions because a life of a university student is very challenging.

She said the students face not only pressure to complete their studies but to cover arising subsistence costs including buying books, laptops and Internet access, among others.

Hamisa said IPTs as respectable higher learning institutions that produce graduates to supply human capital for the nation's development should not be riddled with prostitution.

She also called on Women Development, Family and Community to pay serious attention to such issue because it involves female students that must be defended of their right and not only the poor and underprivileged people.

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UMS probes student prostitution claims

December 4, 2010, KOTA KINABALU: Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) Vice Chancellor Prof Datuk Dr Kamaruzaman Hj Ampon said they have yet to receive any reports about their students’ involvement in prostitution.

He said the university would nevertheless take the possibility of their students’ involvement seriously, and officers will be asked to monitor them.

He said the university will investigate and try to identify those, if any, involved.

Kamaruzaman conceded that it would be difficult to obtain evidence of students’ involvement in the flesh trade.

He said if there is evidence of any students’ involvement, disciplinary action will be taken by the university.

“We would investigate first before taking disciplinary action because students involved in part-time prostitution must have their own reasons for doing it…might be they do not have enough money to pay for the education fees,” he said.

He said the university would handle the problem discreetly and if they did it because of financial problem, the university is willing to offer a loan.

“How we handle the problem would depend on the seriousness of the cases. We want to ensure students can continue and finish their study.

“I would like to stress here that we are looking seriously into this matter and we will closely monitor our students,” he said

Kamaruzaman was commenting on Upko Women chief Dr Jaina Sintian’s claims that she had received information from well-informed sources that an established syndicate was luring tertiary students here into the flesh trade.

Dr Jaina said she was told that a pimp was getting in touch with the girls who were willing to offer sex services, and the girls earned up to RM500 per session.

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30 ulasan:

  1. This is a disgrace. Something must be done to curb this matter.

    BalasPadam
  2. This is quite a shocking news. These students are so desperate for money that they are willing to sell their body. Are they even aware of the sexual disease the might catch??? yikes!

    BalasPadam
  3. Hopefully the government will be able to solve this issue.

    BalasPadam
  4. Sad Sad Sad....!!!
    Something have to be done on the youth these days.
    I think this has to start from home by giving them a loving , safe , caring etc envirnoment to grow up....parents wake up !!
    I believe the government should step up to investigage and arrest the culprit who is masterminding the whole thing.....

    BalasPadam
  5. Pathetic. What happened to our society nowadays?

    BalasPadam
  6. Sungguh menyedihkan... Ke mana hilangnya maruah dan harga diri seorang insan :(

    BalasPadam
  7. Perkara seperti ini harus ditanggani sebaik mungkin. Janagn dibiarkan saja nanti ia bertambah teruk.

    BalasPadam
  8. Kaji punca hal ni dan cari jalan penyelesaiannya. Saya yakin setiap masalah pasti dapat diselesaikan asalkan ada kesungguhan.

    BalasPadam
  9. Keluarga pun harus memainkan peranan mereka sebaik mungkin. Jangan biarkan anak2 kita hanyut dengan perkara tak bermoral!

    BalasPadam
  10. Semoga perkara ini menemui jalan penyelesaian terbaik :)

    BalasPadam
  11. hal ini sepatutnya disiasat dan bukti harus ditunjukkan sekiranya benar ada student UMS terlibat dengan gejala sosial ini...janganlah ia digembar-gemburkan sehingga mencemarkan nama UMS yang satu-satunya IPTA di Sabah.

    BalasPadam
  12. saya rasa pelajar UMS ada berbelas ribu dan sukar untuk dipantau. jika benar ada yang berasal dari keluarga miskin...kita harus membantu mereka. jika benar juga ada yang terlibat dengan gejala hina itu, kita tidak harus menghukum mereka sehingga mengaibkan mereka yang sudah sedia kotor...IPTA harus lebih bijak menangani isu ini dan bawalah mereka ini kembali ke jalan yang sepatutnya!

    BalasPadam
  13. kisah pelajar yang terlibat dengan isu pelacuran ini tidak boleh dipandang ringan. takkanlah pula kemiskinan melampau menyebabkan ramai pelajar jadi pelacur? kena kaji hal ini...dan kena tahu punca masalah ni sebelum menuduh sembarangan...but thanks a lot pada ahli-ahli politik yang sentiasa jadi mata-mata untuk tidak membiarkan mereka lebih hanyut..

    BalasPadam
  14. samada benar IPTA seperti UMS mempunyai pelajar terlibat dengan pelacuran...harus disiasat. UMS seolah-olah dituduh mempunyai pelajar sedemikian dan selagi tiada bukti kukuh....masyarakat seharusnya tidak boleh mempercayai benda tu...manatau ada sindiket yang sengaja menggunakan nama pelacur berkelulusan UMS supaya lebih laku dan laris untuk pelanggan....

    BalasPadam
  15. siasat sebelum menuduh!

    BalasPadam
  16. Tolong siasatlah perkara ini.

    BalasPadam
  17. Jangan biarkan kejadian mencemar nama baik Sabah.

    BalasPadam
  18. kegiatan ini mencemarkan nama baik institusi tersebut dan negeri Sabah.

    BalasPadam
  19. if all students were given hostel facility (the women) and if the restrictions while in the dorm can be reduced, this problem would not occur. students, especially women who rent houses or rooms outside potentially exposed to these activities because of lack of control from the IPT side.

    BalasPadam
  20. maybe in the future the government or education ministry should implement more programs for primary/secondary schools to educate these students to be independent and can make mature decisions.

    BalasPadam
  21. jika benar pekara ini berlaku, langkah untuk menanganinya perlu diambil dengan segera.

    BalasPadam
  22. Tolong jangan memalukan nama baik IPT sendiri. Kita mengharapkan pihak tertentu mencari jalan penyelesaian berhubung kes ini.

    BalasPadam
  23. Laporan ini perlu disiasat sedalam-dalamnya, adakah benar kerana kewangan atau kerana perkara lain. Kita mengharapkan pihak tertentu tidak berdiam diri bagi menangani masalah ini.

    BalasPadam
  24. so disappointed with IPT student be prostitution or sex service for support financial for study. The authorities must do something for help this IPT student case.

    BalasPadam
  25. Bagaimanakah perkara ini boleh berlaku jika tiada desakan dari mana2 pihak?

    BalasPadam
  26. Hanya 4% pelajar yang didapati berbuat demikian. Jadi mana satu yang betul ni?

    BalasPadam
  27. Palajar seharusnya lebih matang dalam menangani masalah2 berkaitan. Seharusnya aktiviti seperti ini tidak berlaku kepada diri pelajar. Kepada yang sudah terlibat baik berhenti dan kembali ke jalan yang benar, dan kepada yang masih bersih hindarilah gejala seperti ini.

    BalasPadam