LINGAYEN, Pangasinan – The Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO) recorded 161 rape cases from March to August this year amid the stricter implementation of the community quarantine in the province.
In an interview Wednesday, PPPO Women and Children Protection Desk chief Capt. Jairilyn Camangian said cases this year were 18.27 percent lower than the 197 recorded in the same period last year.
Of the total rape cases this year, Camangian said 21 were violations of women while 140 were violations of children.
She said there might still be unreported abuses involving women and children.
“We encourage everyone to report violations on women and children and file necessary cases against an abusive individual,” she added.
Camangian said women and children should be protected inside their homes and the community instead of being a target of abuse by criminals. (PNA)
