IS teen: Parents not keen on counselling
Published on: Wednesday, March 04, 2015
Putra Jaya: The parents of a 14-year-old female student arrested recently for trying to join the Islamic State (IS) militant group in Syria are not prepared to receive counselling yet.Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Rohani Abdul Karim said Social Welfare Department (JKM) officers met the parents but they declined to undergo counselling as they regarded the matter as personal."We want to help them (the parents) overcome the trauma. We won't force them and we will respect their wish.
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"Anyway, this case is still under police investigation. We will wait. When the parents are prepared to receive counselling, the ministry's doors are always open and we are here to help," Rohani told reporters on Monday.Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express’s Telegram channel.
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