Child Complaint Cases Rise 8.3% During the Corona Pandemic
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The Indonesian Child Protection Commission (KPAI) recorded an increase in child complaint cases during the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. The number rose by 8.3%, from 4,369 cases in 2019 to 4,734 cases between January and August 2020.
Although increasing, the number of child complaint cases last year was not the highest in the last decade. From 2011 to 2020, the most child complaints occurred in 2014, with 5,066 cases.
In the last 10 years, KPAI received 42,565 child complaint cases. Of these, the most complaints originated from the cluster of children in conflict with the law (ABH), namely 13,071 cases. This was followed by the family and alternative care cluster (8,010 cases), education (5,246 cases), and pornography/cybercrime (4,448 cases).
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