Watch FIFA World Cup 2026™

LIVE, FREE and EXCLUSIVE

New figures show NSW police are strip-searching some young girls

SBS Khmer

Follow and Subscribe

NSW Police stand at attention during a service to honour fallen members of the NSW Police Force in Sydney Friday, September 28, 2018. (AAP Image/Joel Carrett) NO ARCHIVING

NSW Police stand at attention during a service to honour fallen members of the NSW Police Force in Sydney (AAP Image/Joel Carrett) Source: AAP

Youth advocates are ramping up calls for urgent law reforms…to prevent the strip searching of children without a court order. New freedom of information data has revealed more than 120 girls, some as young as 12 were strip searched by NSW Police over the past three years.

Follow and Subscribe

Apple Podcasts YouTube Spotify Download (9.05MB)
Download the SBS Audio appAvailable on iOS and Android

Published

Updated

By Cassandra Bain, Sopharany Hay

Source: SBS

Share this with family and friends

Youth advocates are ramping up calls for urgent law reforms…to prevent the strip searching of children without a court order. New freedom of information data has revealed more than 120 girls, some as young as 12 were strip searched by NSW Police over the past three years.

Latest podcast episodes

Follow SBS Khmer

Download our apps

Listen to our podcasts

Get the latest with our exclusive in-language podcasts on your favourite podcast apps.

Watch on SBS

SBS World News

Take a global view with Australia's most comprehensive world news service

Watch now