Influencer raises alarm over FB group circulating photos of underage students
PETALING JAYA: An influencer is sounding the alarm after a Facebook group was found to be circulating photos of underage students.
Influencer Mekyun was shocked after being informed that her own student photos had been floated within the group, with sexually charged comments posted to it.
The photos were posted on a Facebook group dubbed the "Group Budak 2 Sekolah Rendah", which had around 12,000 members.
"I feel so disgusted and sickened. I am speechless.
"This group is sharing photos of underage kids including photos of myself when I was still in school.
"The comments are so sick. This is wrong and is a crime," she said in an Instagram posting on Tuesday (June 10).
She urged the authorities to investigate the issue.
In an update to her post she said that the group had been deleted from Facebook.
"I myself have contacted the authorities and provided all the evidence that I had. Now investigations are being conducted," she said. View this post on Instagram
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