Internet Perverts!

[SarabhaPanjab]

Sikh Parents Warned over dangers from Internet perverts

Sarabha Panjab News

www.SarabhaPanjab.blogspot.com

03 March 2007

Sikh Parents are being warned of hidden dangers in Internet chat rooms and friends-networks after a teenage girl was duped into meeting a 29-year-old Muslim man.

The man had introduced himself as a 17-year-old ‘Panjabi boy’ named ‘Jags’ when they first began swapping messages on Internet site www.Hi5.com.

A counsellor working for Sikh Awareness Society (SAS) Manjit Kaur spoke to the 15-year-old girl about her frightening experience that began when she met someone on the Internet.

“I thought the boy I was meeting every night on the Internet was 17-years-old.”

"After a few weeks we started talking on the phone, nearly every night for hours," said the girl.

Eventually she agreed to meet him,

“He said he would send a taxi to pick me up and that I could stay with him in his hotel room.”

It turned out the taxi driver was ‘Jags’; real name Shazad Siraj from Bedford, Beds.

The Home Office is warning that up to one in five children could be in danger from these Internet abusers.

Paedophiles are regularly using Internet chat rooms to lure vulnerable children as young as 13, according to the disturbing report.

Manjit Kaur from SAS says;

“We have seen a steady increase in the number of abuse cases originating from the Internet. Older manipulative men are targeting naïve Sikh girls.”

“In most cases these men are Muslim, which goes to show that these are racially motivated cases of sexual exploitation. We urge all Sikh parents to lock down certain sites and keep the computer in a centrally located area; such as the living room.”

Manjit Kaur is working with the SAS Victim Rehabilitation Program and has given counselling to over 40 victims of racially motivated sexual exploitation.

“It is disappointing to see that the Sikh community at large is still unaware about these problems. This is largely due to the fact that these issues are still very much taboo in Panjabi culture. Therefore Sikh leaders are reluctant to openly talk about them” say Manjit Kaur.

Warning signs

How can you tell that your child may be a victim (or is being preyed upon) by a computer sex offender? If you have experienced any of the following, you have reason for concern.

• Spending long hours online (especially in the evening)
  
• Phone calls from people you don't know
  
• Unsolicited gifts
  
• Child turns off the computer when you enter the room
  
• Withdrawal from family activities
  
• Reluctance to discuss Internet activities
  

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Posted by SarabhaPanjab at 09:58 0 comments

[AK47 JATHA LION]

that girl is an <banned word filter activated>. i know 10 year olds with more sense than her.

That girl gave her number out to him over the internet to a complete stranger from "hi5" .

parents should not allow their daughters to have accounts on such sites on which they display their pictures for the sole purpose of "advertising themselves to the world".

because thats what it is really. hi5 is a profile on which u can upload pictures to which the whole world can have access..including rapists, paedophiles and general idiots.

We need to create more awareness of these paedophiles that target youngsters with lies and deception over the internet. or even better not let our kids have a hi5 account. or any other "friend network" account on which these paedophiles can contact our kids.

Currently the Sikh awareness society is doing a good job on creating awareness, ive seen 1 of their lectures.

[KKV]

[Techno_singh]

how stupid and careless of her

[Punjabi_Link]

My space > Hi5

[Apne satgur ke balhaareh...]

How stupid is that gal! STRANGER HINT HINT i DNT FEEL SORRY FOR HER AT ALL! she should know not to meet random strangers. Where were her parents ? my mum n dad ask me everything - everywhere i go and what i do nd thats a gud thing...

Nearly everyday theres something in the newspapers about paedophiles or perverts- Why didnt she think before going “He said he would send a taxi to pick me up and that I could stay with him in his hotel room.”

How old is she fifteen – besharam (shameless)

That’s disgusting!!!!

[Guest Amrik$ingh]

lol...paagal

[singh2k]

Look, its not her fault, she wasn't educated enough to handle a situation like this. Put yourself in her place, and see how it feels. I've been into alot of situations like this when I was young, and I just learned from my mistakes.

So, if I were her parents, I wouldn't take away the computer just like how any indian parent would after reading a article like this, I would probably give a short lecture and keep up with whats going on.

[Guest Amrik$ingh]

acha ji

[singh2k]

acha ji

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