Asked about the status of online sexual exploitation in the country, Remulla said, 'We’re No. 1 in the world.'
The Philippines is leading in child sexual exploitation, Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla said on Thursday.
"Dapat mawala na ito. Yun ang effort talaga ng gobyerno ni Pangulong Marcos na itigil na itong status ng Pilipinas na nangunguna tayo sa child sexual exploitation,” Remulla said. United Nations Special Rapporteur Mama Fatima Singhateh on Thursday bared that the Philippines remained to be a source and place for child trafficking, sale, sexual abuse, and forced marriage and labor, among others.
“The Philippines remains a source and destination country for child trafficking, sale, sexual abuse, and forced marriage… and forced labor," Singhateh said.
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