Of late, more and more people are turning to social media sites like Facebook and Twitter to post their grievances and garner attention towards their cause. Over the New Year holidays, Facebook has been abuzz about the story of a 14 years old boy who molested a grown woman. The story was up on the Star online at 9:18pm on 1st Jan 2013, but has since been taken down for reasons unknown. The incident happened in Malacca to a 28 year old woman, who had stopped at a petrol station to use the toilet. She claims to have been molested by a 13 year old boy inside the female toilet.  The boy allegedly stormed in as she was about to leave. He covered her mouth, started to kiss her cheeks and touched her chest. She struggled and shouted. People heard the commotion and came to her aid. The boy was then apprehended and according to State CID chief Asst Comm Raja Sharom Raja Abdullah, the boy will be remanded for 4 days pending further investigation. Following the incident, the woman’s boyfriend posted a picture of the boy being apprehended on Facebook, which went viral and received thousands of comments from users. The comments from users that has led us to this discussion. Therefor we ask you; are social media users responsible when it comes to highlighting their grievances online?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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