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UNICEF shocked by 'unimaginable horror' of Malaysia mass child abuse

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Malaysian Department of Social Welfare tape blocks off a gate at the entrance to a care home where hundreds of children are said to be assulted.[AFP}

The UN children's agency said on Thursday that hundreds of children and teens rescued by Malaysian authorities from care homes where they were allegedly physically and sexually abused faced an "unimaginable horror".

"These children have experienced unimaginable horrors and will need long-term professional medical and psychosocial support," Robert Gass, the Malaysia representative for UNICEF, said.

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