Pakistan has been horrified by revelations that a blackmail gang filmed some 270 children being sexually abused as part of a child abuse ring that operated for years in a rural town.
Residents of the town of Hussain Khan Wala say the gang forced children at gunpoint to be abused or drugged them into submission. Members of the gang later blackmailed the families of the victims, threatening to release videos of the abuse on the internet. It was only after one family spoke up that others rose against the gang, with police later arresting 11 suspects.
The case shows the dangers facing poor children, many of whom work as domestic servants and face abuse at the hands of their employers. It also raises questions about how such a gang could operate for years, with some questioning Pakistan's police and political elite.
"They destroyed me," one victim said. "They destroyed my family. They just killed me"
The gang probably began targeting its victims years earlier, Kasur district police chief Rai Babar Saeed said. Saeed said police already confiscated some 30 videos, nearly all of which included sexual abuse of children as young as 12. The gang then used the videos to extort money from families, threatening to release them publicly and shame their children and their relatives, Saeed said. Full story...
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Residents of the town of Hussain Khan Wala say the gang forced children at gunpoint to be abused or drugged them into submission. Members of the gang later blackmailed the families of the victims, threatening to release videos of the abuse on the internet. It was only after one family spoke up that others rose against the gang, with police later arresting 11 suspects.
The case shows the dangers facing poor children, many of whom work as domestic servants and face abuse at the hands of their employers. It also raises questions about how such a gang could operate for years, with some questioning Pakistan's police and political elite.
"They destroyed me," one victim said. "They destroyed my family. They just killed me"
The gang probably began targeting its victims years earlier, Kasur district police chief Rai Babar Saeed said. Saeed said police already confiscated some 30 videos, nearly all of which included sexual abuse of children as young as 12. The gang then used the videos to extort money from families, threatening to release them publicly and shame their children and their relatives, Saeed said. Full story...
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