Recent statistics by the Police show that between January - September 2000, there were 2136 reported cases of domestic violence, 926 reported cases of rape and 930 cases of outrage of modesty. A total of 3992 cases of VAW over a period of 9 months, which would average to 443 cases per month, or about 15 cases per day!

STATISTICS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASES
(VICTIMS ARE FEMALE)
FOR THE YEARS 1997,1998,1999 AND 2000 (JAN-SEPT)

CONTINGENT	1997	1998	1999	2000 (JAN-SEPT)
PERLIS	45	57	46	29
KEDAH	193	284	212	118
P/PINANG	652	656	385	251
PERAK	394	245	154	170
SELANGOR	1327	1488	687	516
K/LUMPUR	1060	917	306	146
N/SEMBILAN	300	374	425	224
MELAKA	115	138	129	59
JOHOR	2271	349	355	230
PAHANG	230	202	181	88
TERENGGANU	104	83	30	12
KELANTAN	93	141	102	24
SABAH	183	225	124	75
SARAWAK	312	477	366	194
TOTAL	7279	5636	3502	2136

BREAKDOWN OF RAPE CASES
FOR THE YEARS 1997,1998,1999 AND 2000 (JAN-SEPT)

CONTINGENT	1997	1998	1999	2000 (JAN-SEPT)
PERLIS	7	8	14	8
KEDAH	117	115	129	81
P/PINANG	60	71	75	48
PERAK	121	119	146	74
SELANGOR	218	251	224	164
K/LUMPUR	82	104	70	49
N/SEMBILAN	59	83	81	45
MELAKA	56	51	46	36
JOHOR	178	175	229	143
PAHANG	86	126	93	61
TERENGGANU	72	69	75	34
KELANTAN	74	59	35	35
SABAH	102	159	146	78
SARAWAK	91	99	106	70
TOTAL	1323	1489	1469	926

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