Applications to use E-DKK still low: Hannah Yeoh

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KOTA KINABALU: Only 92 applications to check 1,497 names have been received for the registry of sexual offenders against children (e-DKK) which was la...

Only 92 applications to check 1,497 names have been received for the registry of sexual offenders against children which was launched by the Women. Family and Community Development Ministry in March.said that the number of applicants using the system from April to July was still low due to the lack of awareness in society especially nursery operators when hiring caregivers or new workers.

‘’Some states do not use the system, namely, Perlis, Melaka, Pahang and Federal Territory of Labuan. I urge the SWD in the three states and Labuan to escalate campaigns on the system,’’ she told a media conference after closing a seminar on Awareness of Security and Health of Babies and Children among Caregivers here today.

Hannah said that the system had 3,000 names of sexual offenders against children since 2017 until February 2019 under the Sexual Offences Against Children Act 2017 . She said that there were only 1,202 caregivers at the nurseries with 591 caregivers who had attended Basic Caregivers Course while the rest had not.

 

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