They have been viewed 2.79 million times, Deputy Minister Hannah Yeoh said.

She said this figure, registered as at Oct 4, showed a significant trend for the ministry in its efforts to reduce child sexual abuse in Malaysia.

She said the overall video view rate is 43%, which is higher than the industry average view rate of only 20%.

“So, this is a very good trend and they have 67,000 likes and shares,” she said at a press conference at the Parliament lobby here today.

On June 24, Deputy Prime Minister Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, who is also minister, launched five videos on sex education for children via the YouTube platform.

The series of one-minute videos in Bahasa Malaysia, produced by the ministry in collaboration with the NGO Malaysians Against Pornography, were initially targeted to draw 150,000 views among children this year.

Earlier, during the question-and-answer session, Yeoh said the ministry was currently in talks with the Public Service Department to increase the number of child protectors in the country.

She said so far Malaysia has just over 200 child protectors for about 9.4 million children.

“Based on our current population of children, we need 1,500 child protectors,” she said in reply to a supplementary question from Syed Ibrahim Syed Noh (PH-Ledang).