When the news about British child predator broke, my heart breaks thinking about the children whom became victims to this monster who lurked underneath the sacred mask of a religious philanthropist and an English teacher.

Richard Huckle, 30 years old, a British paedophile is reportedly facing a multiple life sentences after he pleaded guilty to 71 offences against Malaysian children aged between six months and 13 years from 2006 to 2014.

My heart does not just break; it pounded hard with anger as well.

I am furious with the fact that from 2006 to 2014, for eight years, Huckle has successfully exploited the impoverished communities in the city. He came into our country, defiled our kids for eight years and we let him be. For eight years no local authorities have any clue or ever come across this monster until only a month ago.

And remember how some Malaysians, authority and the power that be, protected the local ‘genius’ paedophile some time back?

It proves to show that we are not taking this paedophile pandemic seriously and rather, lightly.

As much as we’d like to think that we would do everything in our power to protect our kids from harm, we are actually not doing enough.

I am mad at some Malaysians who are just listless, ignorant and apathetic when it comes to sexual crimes especially involving children.

Our lack of effective sex education has not equipped our children with the right armour and knowledge to learn to respect themselves and their body.

So, it has to start from home.

How many of us have come across adults or friends who make jokes that are offensive in regards to our children? And how many of us actually put a stop to it?

Believe it or not, I had a friend who jokingly says that my five year old daughter is sexy and would like to be her boyfriend.

I even did a blunder at one point, forcing my shy daughter to hug my close friend, who at that point, a stranger to her.

And how many of us have allowed strangers to pinch or touch our children for being cute?

All these might seem harmless to us parents but reality is, we are exposing and nurturing our children to all sorts of discomfort at a very young age and this must be put to a stop.

We must teach our children that their body is a temple and this respect, this knowledge on sex that many shy away from will help and influence how they treat their bodies.

So, let’s ask ourselves, are we doing enough for our children?