Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri said the government is tightening online protection for children, including through amendments under the Online Safety Act 2025, following a rise in digital sexual crimes involving minors. — Bernama pic (New users only) It's tax relief season! Get up to RM300 when you save with Versa! Plus, enjoy an additional FREE RM10 when you sign up using code VERSAMM10 with a min. cash-in of RM100 today. T&Cs apply. Friday, 22 May 2026 1:56 PM MYT PUTRAJAYA, May 22 — The Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development (KPWKM), through the Social Welfare Department, is conducting ongoing spot-checks at childcare centres nationwide to ensure compliance and detect any unregistered premises operating without approval.Its Minister Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri said that the move follows several reported cases involving the deaths of infants and children at childcare centres, which have raised public concern over safety standards.“They are still carrying out spot-checks. Once they discover such premises, immediate action will be taken, including ordering them to close,” she said after launching the ‘A Journey of Malaysia’s Participation under the Convention on the Rights of the Child’ programme here today.Elaborating further, Nancy said some unregistered centres may still go undetected due to limited public awareness and a lack of community reporting, and hoped that the public would play their part by reporting any suspected unregistered childcare facilities.“This is what we mean by a whole-of-community approach. We need that support because we would not know unless the public alerts us to the existence of unregistered childcare centres,” she said. — Bernama