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SINGAPORE - There was a sharp spike in the number of child abuse cases investigated by the authorities in 2021. This follows the rise in 2020, which saw the highest number of cases in a decade, according to data from the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF). The MSF's Child Protective Service (CPS) investigated 2,141 cases of abuse in...

Singapore News - There was a sharp spike in the number of child abuse cases investigated by the authorities in 2021. This follows the rise in 2020, which had the highest number of cases in a decade, according to data from the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF). The... Read more at www.tnp.sg

A new police unit in Peel Region west of Toronto is trying to make it easier for victims of domestic violence to get help by collaborating with community organizations and connecting victims with a centre where all the resources they need are under one roof.

Singapore News - She was a professional in her 30s and, for more than five years, endured in silence brutal abuse from her violent husband. He was controlling, checked her calls and was prone to flying into a rage if he did not get what he wanted. The mother of two young children... Read more at www.tnp.sg

Peel Regional Police Chief Nishan Duraiappah said the system had failed these women and made preventing Intimate partner violence a critical priority.  In 2019, 13 of 31 murders in the region were domestic incidents and police responded to just under 20,000 incidents of family and intimate-partner violence.   Several police vehicles parked at a shooting scene on residential street in Brampton July 28, 2020, as police officers keep people back from police tape. Last year, police responded to...

  TORONTO -- Police say it is unclear exactly why the murder of a 75-year-old woman in Scarborough in December 2019 was never reported to the media and only came to light when the woman’s husband, who was charged in her death, died in jail. According to police, Zohra Derouiche was stabbed multiple times in a home in the area of Pharmacy Avenue and Lawrence Avenue East on the morning of Dec. 10, 2019. She was rushed to hospital in life-threatening condition but died from her injuries 10 d...

Published Wednesday, April 21, 2021 5:42PM EDT Police say it is unclear exactly why the murder of a 75-year-old woman in Scarborough in December 2019 was never reported to the media and only came to light when the woman’s husband, who was charged in her death, died in jail. According to police, Zohra Derouiche was stabbed multiple times in a home in the area of Pharmacy Avenue and Lawrence Avenue East on the morning of Dec. 10, 2019. She was rushed to hospital in life-threat...

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