was AVCF a paedophile like this Richard Huckle?

We let the paedophile abuse our children By Zakiah Koya Jun 03, 2016 8:00 AM AddThis Sharing Buttons Share to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to Google+Share to EmailMore AddThis Share options It is a horrifying fact we were told yesterday that we had kept a predator here among our midst preying and grooming Malaysian children to be webcast while he pretended to be an English teacher and church worker - not for one year, not for two years, but from 2006-2014. And more horrifying is the fact that while our Home Ministry gloats that no terrorists have left or entered the country, that very same ‘efficient’ immigration and security authorities have let us all down by letting a hardcore paedophile in and out with ease. Just two days ago, headlines screamed to the world that one of Britain's worst ever paedophiles is facing life in jail after pleading guilty to raping and sexually abusing dozens of children in Malaysia and Cambodia for almost a decade. Telegraph of UK reported that former grammar schoolboy Richard Huckle, 30, from Ashford, Kent, targeted poverty-stricken communities in Malaysia and Cambodia, and - after winning the trust of locals - systematically abused boys and girls as young as six months old. As he preyed among the poor and the vulnerable, he boasted about how no one seems to care what he is doing with these children and seems to be an expert on how to bait the poor children. Local authorities can claim that they knew nothing of what Huckle was doing while he was in Malaysia and that they were unable to penetrate the dark webs, but reports show evidence that UK police did liaise with local police on this and that it was an international police operation. There is no way Malaysian police can claim they knew nothing. “Huckle's favourite method was to target vulnerable children in poverty stricken communities, even boasting of his exploits to other paedophiles online. While his abuse lasted almost a decade he did not come to the attention of the authorities in Britain until the middle of 2014, when the NCA received a tip from Australia about his postings on the dark web. “They began liaising with their counterparts in Malaysia but claim jurisdictional issues meant they were powerless to act while he remained overseas “They then discovered he was planning to return to Britain for Christmas and he was arrested on December 19 2014 when he landed at Gatwick Airport,” reported Telegraph. BBC reported that the the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) was tipped off about Huckle as part of an international police operation in late 2014, and after analysing his online posts and photographs, concluded the majority of his victims were being abused in Malaysia. There are also begging questions on how it is that none of the parents of the 200 (perhaps more) children did not realise that he was sexually abusing their child? Also, why were our authorities not monitoring paedophile activities from our shores (this can be done easily by traversing websites which sell these kind of videos and pretending to be interested parties) when we already had the major case of our former MARA scholar Nur Fitri Azmeer Nordin’s case of paedophilia in UK, which raised much hue and cry from the public? Nur Fitri made headlines after he was sentenced to a 5-year jail sentence in the UK for possessing child pornographic materials, but latest reports state that he was brought home secretly. As for Huckle, either he was really good in doing it away from the authorities or there was just no vigilante from our authorities. Telegraph further reported that while Huckle admits raping and molesting 23 youngsters, many more are thought to have fallen prey to him between 2006 and December 2014 when he was finally arrested as he returned to Britain for a Christmas holiday. “At an earlier hearing, Huckle pleaded guilty to 71 offences, 22 of which carry a maximum life sentence. Investigators from the National Crime Agency said the scale of the offending was "unprecedented and exceptional”. “ When he initially pleaded guilty, it took the clerk of the court an hour to read the individual charges to the court. “Huckle, who worked in a mobile phone factory and posed as a committed Christian - attending churches in north London and Ashford - first went to Malaysia in 2005 on a gap year teaching placement. “The following year, he visited Cambodia and - while staying with a local family - took indecent images of their child who was aged around three at the time. “He then began to visit Malaysia regularly, posing as a teacher, photographer and philanthropist in order ingratiate himself with a local Christian community before raping and abusing their children,” reported Telegraph. The same article further said that in one particularly sick twist to the case, Huckle insisted on viewing all the online material showing his abuse before he pleaded guilty to the charges “When detectives investigated his laptop, camera and phone they discovered more than 20,000 indecent images of young children, many featuring Huckle participating in abuse. “Prosecutors made use of Section 72 of the Sexual Offences Act that allows a UK national to be charged in Britain for offences committed overseas,” reported Telegraph. As for Malaysian police, please be known, this is not forgivable and no parent, having known about Huckley, will now have no peace of mind as long as there is a stranger around. And if paedophilia is still thought to be a psychological problem in which the paedophile needs help, as some leaders had stated in Nur Fitri’s case, we Malaysians want to know if those very same leaders think the same of Huckley. Now, the police and Welfare Department must get all those documents from the UK police and search for all the victims, and ensure they are given the right care and treatment. Also authorities need to be more vigilant. PDRM need not go to have study trips to UK and Australia citing this case, but must use their common sense. If that is too difficult, parents will be more than willing to help with ideas. As for parents, it is time we became more aware of the dangers of trusting strangers, no matter how kind, with our children.