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She did not dare to tell her mum about grandpa's sexual attacks
A recent spate of court cases involved men who sexually abused their family members for years. In the past decade, there have been more child sexual abuse cases investigated by the authorities. Selina Lum and Wong Shiying examine why the culprits could get away with the abuse for so long and what can be done to prevent it.
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Ms Sofia Abdullah (not her real name) has written a memoir, The Years Of Forgetting, which features a series of vignettes on the sexual abuse by her grandfather, who is now dead. ST PHOTO: JASON QUAH
The first time she experienced a French kiss, it was with her grandfather.
From the time she was eight till she was 14, Ms Sofia Abdullah's (not her real name) grandfather would repeatedly sexually violate her in his bedroom - with the door open - while her brother and cousins watched TV outside.
