Child rape cases in Myanmar have surged by 40 percent this year, State media said, highlighting a growing problem for the country still grappling with a dark past of rights abuses.
Poverty and weak laws mean Myanmar’s children are highly vulnerable to abuse, with many of them sold into to labour or forcibly recruited to fight in the country’s borderlands.
Behind closed doors rights activists say many more are at risk of exploitation either as domestic helpers for wealthy families or within their own communities.