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The slew of child sexual abuse cases that came to light since mid-January shook the country to the core - however, for the average Maldivian, the righteous outrage in tandem with the crippling shame and heartbreak felt, is far from a novel experience.
Memories of previous cases, at least the tragically few that came so sharply to public attention, are not far off. As such, it does not take so much a genius as a quick, discerning glance at recent history to notice a distressing facet of child sexual abuse in Maldives:
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