{
  "id": 5993368,
  "title": "6,266 children recorded as needing care, protection this year",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/06/6-266-children-recorded-as-needing-care-protection-this-year",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-06T15:19:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Straits Times",
    "slug": "new-straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2026/09/1527144/6266-children-recorded-needing-care-protection-year"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In the first six months of 2026, Malaysian authorities recorded 6,266 children needing care and protection, a significant drop from 10,904 throughout all of 2025. Minister Nancy Shukri stated that such efforts require an integrated and continuous approach, involving all parties, including the community, to identify and assist children at risk early on. Child Protection Teams must serve as the community's eyes and ears, providing prompt information and strengthening advocacy and prevention efforts. Nancy emphasized the need to expand advocacy programs to high-risk areas, including People's Housing Programme locations, estates, Orang Asli settlements, rural areas, and other locales needing special attention. She also announced that from 2024 to 2026, 1,225 members from 141 Child Protection Teams and 1,174 members from Child Welfare Teams were appointed to bolster the child protection and welfare network at the community level. The Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development has launched a pilot project involving 15 Children's Activity Centres as Children's Service Hubs or One Stop Centres under the 2026 New Policy, based on the concept of one PAKK, or Partnership for All Children's Kinship, in each state. Through collaboration between PPKK, PAKK, government agencies, and strategic partners, 3,419 programs and activities were carried out last year, benefiting 107,953 children, with 1,580 programs conducted from January to May this year, helping 29,754 children. Nancy reiterated that child protection is a collective responsibility, not solely the duty of parents or the government, requiring society's commitment and involvement.",
  "summary": "KUCHING: A total of 6,266 children were recorded as needing care and protection in the first six months of this year, compared with 10,904 throughout 2025.",
  "key_points": [
    "6,266 children recorded needing care and protection in first half of 2026",
    "Child Protection Teams to serve as community's eyes and ears",
    "Pilot project launches 15 Children's Activity Centres as Service Hubs"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}