After child's tragic death, MPs urge govt to promote helplines

Suspected abuses discovered following the tragic death of seven-year-old Zubaidi Amir Qusyairi Abd Malek has prompted calls for government communication channels to promote existing help hotlines and other supporting resources.

Former women, family and community development minister Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, in a joint statement with her former deputy, Hannah Yeoh, said there were several efforts to enhance child protection services that stalled since the change of government last March.

Among others, they said the National Security Council's SMS function - now used to blast Covid-19 updates - could also be utilised to promote the Talian Kasih hotline for the reporting of abuse cases...