70 per cent of Sabah child abuse caused by syabu addiction
He lost one of his legs due to cell death following a severe abuse at the hands of a man – his mother's unemployed and syabu-addicted boyfriend – who subjected him to untold sufferings including burning his legs with cigarettes.
Over time the burns became gangrenous and one of his legs had to be amputated.
According to Ponniya Irham, an officer of the Welfare Services Department, the boy was initially staying with his grandfather here but was taken by his mother to Kota Kinabalu, and that was when the abuse began.
She said the woman and her boyfriend had been sentenced to jail for the offence, and the boy, now using a prosthetic leg, had been reunited with his grandfather here.
Ponniya related the story today while tabling a working paper at a seminar here to drive home the point about the scourge of syabu addiction.
She said 70 per cent of child abuse cases referred to the department were due to the involvement of parents or their guardians with syabu or methamphetamine.
Parents or guardians should therefore refrain from being involved in drug addiction, she said, as this would cause them to become abusive.
Other factors contributing to child abuse cases including getting married too young, and being ignorant about the importance of good parenting.
The one-day seminar was attended by about 200 participants and opened by Tanjung Batu assembly member Datuk Hamisa Samat.
Dadah hanya akan merosakan kehidupan. jangan mudah terjebak dalam dadah.
BalasPadamBetul Bibiyana. Tolonglah jauhi dadah. Tapi kalau mahu juga ambil dadah terbanglah ke planet selain dari bumi supaya kalau buat hal pun sendiri juga tanggung. hehe
PadamDadah hanya akan membawa kepada keburukan sahaja.
PadamKesian oo budak dalam cerita ni. Pasti sukar nak diungkapkan apa yang dia rasa. huhu
BalasPadamSanggup ibu budak itu tinguk anak dia kena dera, ngamlah kena penjara.
PadamSemoga seminar itu membuahkan hasil dan menyedarkan rakyat mengenai bahaya dadah.
BalasPadamSeminar seperti ini harus kerap di anjurkan untuk memberi kesedaran kepada semua golongan.
PadamDadah betul2 mampu menjahanamkan kehidupan individu. Jadi pastikan kita tak terjebak dengan penggunaan dadah.
BalasPadam"Other factors contributing to child abuse cases including getting married too young, and being ignorant about the importance of good parenting."
BalasPadamSetuju. Patut jangan kawin atau buat anak kalau tak tahu jadi ibubapa yang bertanggungjawab!!
If they can't handle huge responsibility ,they should had wore a protection in the first place to prevent having kids.
PadamI feel sad for this kid. What kind of mother would let her own child go near a drug addict??!!
BalasPadamAnd why would this woman be with this unemployed drug addict man in the first place.
Padamdadah hnya merosakkan masa depan, jauhi dan banteras dadah.
BalasPadamKesedaran berkenaan bahayanya dadah harus di beritahu dari kecil lagi.
BalasPadamDadah hanya memeberi keseronakan sementara sahaja, lebih baik jahui nya.
BalasPadamTidak ada yang menarik dengan Dadah itu. Dadah cuma merosakkan masa depan kita.
BalasPadamdadah bukan sahaja merosakkan diri sendiri, malah berpotensi merosakkan kehidupan orang sekeliling atau terdekat seperti yang berlaku dalam kes di atas..
BalasPadamDesigner drugs or amphetamines, better known as ‘Syabu’, are most popular among drug addicts in the state.
BalasPadamPeople on syabu were also likely to combine it with other drugs like marijuana or other drug-related activities like glue-sniffing.
BalasPadamSyabu usage is on the rise, regardless of whether they are pure or derivative concoctions.
BalasPadamWhat is important however is that those who are drug dependent voluntarily admitted themselves to the care of the Cure and Care 1 Malaysia Clinic, its services are free of charge.
BalasPadamThe rehabilitation clinic primarily deals with mild drug abuse cases, assessing each person before their admission.
BalasPadamThe centre had open access services to provide treatment for everybody or anybody who are drug dependent.
BalasPadamIt also provided counselling services and also attended referral cases from other agencies based on the National Anti Drug Agencies ambitions.
BalasPadamThe drug menace is becoming more serious with the advent of sophisticated technology, which now makes it even more difficult to detect the entry of drugs.
BalasPadamAs a concerned and responsible society, we must act fast to prevent traffickers from taking advantage to expand their illegal activities in the State, particularly in Papar district, said Deputy Minister of Health, Datuk Rosnah Shirlin Haji Abdul Rashid.
PadamShe believes the fight against drug is endless for as long as there is a demand, the supply and purchase will be there and this is why people today need to mobilise their resources to eradicate the drug menace that can destroy our race, religion and country.
PadamThe Papar Member of Parliament said this when opening the “Tekad” programme organised by Pemadam Papar at the district rest house recently.
PadamShe said the “Tekad” programme is implemented to encourage participation of the general public, especially among the fisherman community, in government campaigns to eradicate the dadah menace.
PadamAccording to Rosnah, the government had tried to get rid of this menace for a long time already with various campaigns and activities, but these efforts have yet to achieve success as expected, she said.
PadamShe said it had been acknowledged that dadah is the number one enemy of the nation. The government has also set a goal that by 2015, our country is to be dadah-free and had also allocated millions of ringgit for implementation of anti-dadah campaigns and eradication programmes so that the people are aware of the danger of drug abuse.
PadamDadah, she said, is not only harmful to the human body but it can also destroy the faith of a person. This is because when a person is taking drugs, he will become hallucinated. Some drug addicts would even hurt members of their families, just for the money to buy drugs.
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